Total Crime Rate

116.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.8 9/10
  • Burglary 16.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Clarendon Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Harpur , and the 107th highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Clarendon Street (MK41 7SH) in the last 12 months was 116.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% lower than the Harpur average (153.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 76.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clarendon Street (MK41 7SH), the main crime hotspot is near Chandos Street. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Clarendon Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Roff Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Garfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clarendon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hartington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Demontfort Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tavistock Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tavistock Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roff Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warwick Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Beaconsfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beaconsfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stanley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lansdowne Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chandos Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Constable Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kneller Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kneller Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Chandos Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chandos Street —

Data Sources

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