Total Crime Rate

113.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 113.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 68.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 29.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Queens Drive area has the 11th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in De Parys , and the 125th 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 Queens Drive (MK41 9BS) in the last 12 months was 113.2 per 1,000 residents and was 103.6% higher than the De Parys average (55.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -63.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 28.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queens Drive (MK41 9BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen'S Drive (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Goldington

Crime Over Time in Queens Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Overdale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodmere Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Roundmead Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Drive
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Queen'S Drive
Apr 2026Other theft Roundmead Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Roundmead Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Drive Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.