Total Crime Rate
120.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandhurst Place area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Cauldwell , and the 111th 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 Sandhurst Place (MK42 9HT) in the last 12 months was 120.7 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% lower than the Cauldwell average (157.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 63.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandhurst Place (MK42 9HT), the main crime hotspot is near Ombersley Road. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cauldwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endsleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aspley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ombersley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ombersley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bunyan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | College Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ampthill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aspley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Muswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillespie Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eastville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ombersley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endsleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endsleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Endsleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ridgmount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Endsleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Endsleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Endsleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ombersley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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