Total Crime Rate

154.6 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 154.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Other theft 18.2 9/10
  • Public order 18.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.2 4/10
  • Other crime 9.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Old Bedford Road area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Potton , and the 65th highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

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 Old Bedford Road (SG19 2QL) in the last 12 months was 154.6 per 1,000 residents and was 187.9% higher than the Potton average (53.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 36.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Bedford Road (SG19 2QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Windmill Grove, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Paddocks (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Bedford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windmill Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellevue Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windmill Grove —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Munkman Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bellevue Close —
Sep 2025Other crime Mill Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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