Total Crime Rate

115.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 34.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • 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
  • 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

Redwing Mews area has the 28th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Cauldwell , and the 110th 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 Redwing Mews (MK42 6BS) in the last 12 months was 115.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.6% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Redwing Mews (MK42 6BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brooklands Avenue, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near School Lane (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Redwing Mews area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterside Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brambling Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Causeway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Partridge Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bluewater Quay —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A6 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bluebird Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterside Way Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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