Total Crime Rate

77.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 77.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 24.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.9 5/10
  • Public order 12.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Fenlake Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Cauldwell , and the 189th highest 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 Fenlake Road (MK42 0ET) in the last 12 months was 77.1 per 1,000 residents and was 52.9% lower than the Cauldwell average (163.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 160.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fenlake Road (MK42 0ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsbrook Road, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fenlake Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbrook Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gifford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbrook Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Kingsbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Kingsbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Kingsbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsbrook Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsbrook Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kingsbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingsbrook Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vulcan Street
Sep 2025Public order London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grosvenor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Grosvenor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingsbrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Paradine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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