Total Crime Rate
78.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Linkway area has the 20th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in De Parys , and the 191st highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Linkway (MK41 9HF) in the last 12 months was 78.5 per 1,000 residents and was 41.3% higher than the De Parys average (55.6 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 Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Linkway (MK41 9HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vicars Gardens, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Purbeck Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Goldington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Boundary | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Downside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cornland | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldington Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldington Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldington Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Risings | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicars Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cricket Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cricket Close | — |
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