Total Crime Rate

120.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 63.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.0 8/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 8.6 5/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sandhurst 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.

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Crime Over Time in Sandhurst Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Endsleigh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aspley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ombersley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ombersley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bunyan Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastville Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eastville Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour College Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ampthill Road
Apr 2026Burglary College Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Aspley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Muswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gillespie Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Eastville Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Eastville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ombersley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Endsleigh Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences College Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Endsleigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences College Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Endsleigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ridgmount Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Endsleigh Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Endsleigh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences College Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Endsleigh Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ombersley Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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