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Central Bedfordshire crime rate and statistics (council area)
Updated October 2026.
Police published 19,291 street-crime records for the Central Bedfordshire council area from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 2.8% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 65.6 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 88.9 for Bedfordshire Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
These figures cover the whole area Central Bedfordshire council runs. Its boundary can differ from the place people call Central Bedfordshire: it can take in other towns and villages, and part of a town can sit in a neighbouring council area.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
19,291
Latest month (August 2026)
1,769
Year-on-year
+2.8%
Month-by-month totals
1,9820
1.5k
Sep
1.8k
Oct
1.6k
Nov
1.4k
Dec
1.4k
Jan
1.5k
Feb
1.5k
Mar
1.6k
Apr
1.8k
May
1.6k
Jun
2.0k
Jul
1.8k
Aug
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Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
1,472
October 2025
1,766
November 2025
1,559
December 2025
1,447
January 2026
1,356
February 2026
1,460
March 2026
1,470
April 2026
1,551
May 2026
1,832
June 2026
1,627
July 2026
1,982
August 2026
1,769
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
Central Bedfordshire council area
65.6
Bedfordshire Police
88.9
Residents are the Census 2021 usual residents of every postcode the ONS Postcode Directory places in this council area, added up by CrimeMapsUK from the census postcode counts. Records are assigned through the same postcodes, so both numbers cover the same ground. The total can differ slightly from the council's official population.
19,291 records and 294,171 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of the Central Bedfordshire council area's records in the same trailing window. The black line on each bar marks the England and Wales share for the same months.
Violence and sexual offences34.4%
6,644 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Anti-social behaviour20.3%
3,907 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Criminal damage and arson7.6%
1,472 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Vehicle crime7.1%
1,378 records · England and Wales 5.1%
Public order6.1%
1,182 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Other theft6.0%
1,165 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Shoplifting5.9%
1,143 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Burglary3.6%
693 records · England and Wales 3.7%
Where records cluster in the Central Bedfordshire council area
A council area follows the council's boundary (ONS local authority district E06000056), which can differ from the place people call Central Bedfordshire.
Published locations are approximate, and each record counts for the council area of its nearest postcode, using the council codes in the ONS Postcode Directory. Counts near the boundary are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Other sites can show a different figure for Central Bedfordshire. These counts include anti-social behaviour, cover the 12 published months shown, and assign each record by its nearest postcode. The rate divides by Census 2021 residents of the same postcodes, not by a later mid-year population estimate.
Districts with a page and at least 5% of their live postcodes in this council area. A district can cross a council boundary, so its page counts records on both sides.