Total Crime Rate
12.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Putnoe Lane area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in De Parys , and the 31st lowest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Putnoe Lane (MK41 9AE) in the last 12 months was 12.1 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% lower than the De Parys average (55.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Putnoe Lane (MK41 9AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Putnoe Lane, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pentland Rise (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Putnoe| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Putnoe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pentland Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambrian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stancliffe Road | — |
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