Total Crime Rate
441.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
214.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bedford Place area has the 7th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fishtoft , and the 8th highest crime rate of 208 local areas in Boston .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bedford Place (PE21 8UD) in the last 12 months was 441.6 per 1,000 residents and was 338.9% higher than the Fishtoft average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 214.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bedford Place (PE21 8UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Boston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Paddock Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | St Ann'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Spalding Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pulvertoft Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ann'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Paddock Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paddock Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddock Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pulvertoft Lane | — |
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