Crime Rates at Balliol Road, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7ER

Balliol Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Kempston Central & East , and the 99th 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 Balliol Road (MK42 7ER) in the last 12 months was 130.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% higher than the Kempston Central & East average (126.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 94.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balliol Road (MK42 7ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Old Yard, where police recorded 194 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Molly Moore Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.