Crime Rates at Ampthill Road, Bedford, MK42 9QA

Ampthill Road area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Cauldwell , and the 180th 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 Ampthill Road (MK42 9QA) in the last 12 months was 82.7 per 1,000 residents and was 47.3% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ampthill Road (MK42 9QA), 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.