Crime Rates at Southville Road, Bedford, MK42 9PS

Southville Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Cauldwell , and the 74th highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Southville Road (MK42 9PS) in the last 12 months was 170.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.6% higher 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 94.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southville Road (MK42 9PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Churchville Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.