Total Crime Rate

198.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 198.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.8 9/10
  • Other theft 29.2 10/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Rushden Road area has the highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Riseley , and the 50th highest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rushden Road (MK44 1NG) in the last 12 months was 198.8 per 1,000 residents and was 223.8% higher than the Riseley average (61.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 99.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Rushden Road area

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Data Sources

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