Total Crime Rate
5.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spring Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Kempston Central & East , and the 9th lowest 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 Spring Road (MK42 8NR) in the last 12 months was 5.7 per 1,000 residents and was 95.5% lower than the Kempston Central & East average (126.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
In the area around Spring Road (MK42 8NR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spring Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near College Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastdale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashdale Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Almonds | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ashdale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whittingstall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harefield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harefield Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harefield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thornton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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