Total Crime Rate

85.4 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 85.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.5 7/10
  • Public order 18.3 9/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Willow Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Cauldwell , and the 167th highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Willow Road (MK42 0QS) in the last 12 months was 85.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.9% lower than the Cauldwell average (163.8 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willow Road (MK42 0QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windsor Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Paradine Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Willow Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Paradine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ivy Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windsor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Windsor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Alpine View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Faldo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edinburgh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broad Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hazelwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Paradine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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