Total Crime Rate

109.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.8 10/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 3/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Thornton Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Kempston Central & East , and the 128th highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thornton Street (MK42 8PD) in the last 12 months was 109.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% lower than the Kempston Central & East average (131.1 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Street (MK42 8PD), the main crime hotspot is near Spring Road. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thornton Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Silverdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Littledale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Littledale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marlborough Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Marlborough Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marlborough Park —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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