Total Crime Rate
116.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clarendon 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.
View Crime In Harpur| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Garfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Roff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Garfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clarendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hartington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Demontfort Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavistock Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavistock Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stanley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lansdowne Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chandos Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Constable Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kneller Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kneller Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chandos Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Street | — |
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