Total Crime Rate

97.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Other crime 11.2 10/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 11.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Clapham & Oakley , and the 141st highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (MK41 6EG) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 173.4% higher than the Clapham & Oakley average (35.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (MK41 6EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bedford Road, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Warren (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft The Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Slade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime The Slade Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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