Total Crime Rate

141.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 141.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Meadway area has the 8th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in De Parys , and the 81st highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meadway (MK41 9HH) in the last 12 months was 141.9 per 1,000 residents and was 163.4% higher than the De Parys average (53.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 160.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadway (MK41 9HH), the main crime hotspot is near The Copse. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Meadway area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vicars Gardens —
Sep 2025Burglary Ballinghall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Boundary Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Risings Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Meadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Goldington Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goldington Green —
Sep 2025Drugs Vicars Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Vicars Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elliot Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ballinghall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Linkway —
Sep 2025Public order Monkshill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Linkway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linkway Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linkway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft The Copse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft The Copse Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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