Total Crime Rate

49.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cotton End Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Shortstown , and the 248th lowest crime rate of 543 local areas in Bedford .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cotton End Road (MK45 3DB) in the last 12 months was 49.2 per 1,000 residents and was 41.3% lower than the Shortstown average (83.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cotton End Road (MK45 3DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Close, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dines Close (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cotton End Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armstrong Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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