Total Crime Rate

188.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 188.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 89.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.5 9/10
  • Drugs 12.4 9/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Ossory Way area has the 13th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Cauldwell , and the 53rd 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 Ossory Way (MK42 9QB) in the last 12 months was 188.9 per 1,000 residents and was 15.3% higher than the Cauldwell average (163.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 111.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ossory Way (MK42 9QB), the main crime hotspot is near Ombersley Road. Police recorded 100 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ossory Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ossory Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Kennedy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ombersley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ombersley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ombersley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ombersley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pilcroft Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsingham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ombersley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gillespie Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colby Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colby Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ombersley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Houghton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ombersley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ossory Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Firbank Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedford St Johns Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Britannia Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Leonards Mews
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Althorpe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order King'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pilcroft Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pilcroft Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pilcroft Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pilcroft Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Miller Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ombersley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ombersley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ampthill Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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