Total Crime Rate

219.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 219.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 120.3 9/10
  • Public order 37.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Other theft 13.8 9/10
  • Robbery 10.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Interchange Retail Park area has the 6th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Kempston Central & East , and the 43rd 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 Interchange Retail Park (MK42 7AZ) in the last 12 months was 219.9 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% higher than the Kempston Central & East average (131.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 257.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Interchange Retail Park (MK42 7AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Race Meadows Way (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Interchange Retail Park area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Race Meadows Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Race Meadows Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Silver Birches Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Silver Birches Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Race Meadows Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Magnolia Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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