Total Crime Rate

145.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 145.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 72.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 41.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.0 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.7 3/10
  • Robbery 9.5 9/10
  • Burglary 6.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 1/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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.
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Crime overview

Barkers Lane area has the 17th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Castle & Newnham , and the 90th 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 Barkers Lane (MK41 9SH) in the last 12 months was 145.6 per 1,000 residents and was 31.2% lower than the Castle & Newnham average (211.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barkers Lane (MK41 9SH), the main crime hotspot is near Chapel Close. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Barkers Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vicars Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Grange Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sandy Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goldington Green —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goldington Green —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goldington Green —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chinnor Close —
Apr 2026Burglary Mitre Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mitre Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Close —
Apr 2026Other theft Chapel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Chapel Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Chapel Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chapel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Queen Alexandra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Abbey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coles Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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