Published crime rates, Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 18	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	LU1 50,483 residents	175.6	8,863
2	MK40 39,388 residents	154.5	6,086
3	MK42 56,410 residents	120.8	6,814
4	LU5 42,100 residents	103.0	4,337
5	LU2 61,628 residents	87.3	5,381
6	MK41 43,747 residents	78.1	3,416
7	MK44 16,570 residents	73.0	1,210
8	LU4 57,736 residents	71.9	4,151
9	LU3 65,908 residents	65.3	4,304

Lowest published rates

Rank of 18	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
18	MK43 42,468 residents	41.5	1,764
17	MK45 49,483 residents	46.0	2,277
16	SG16 6,889 residents	47.6	328
15	SG19 25,734 residents	58.6	1,509
14	SG15 6,036 residents	61.1	369
13	LU7 61,418 residents	61.9	3,802
12	SG17 14,768 residents	62.2	919
11	LU6 34,473 residents	64.4	2,221
10	SG18 30,740 residents	64.8	1,992

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 56	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	LU1 3 11,766 residents	191.0	2,247
2	MK40 2 8,297 residents	182.6	1,515
3	LU7 1 5,171 residents	160.7	831
4	LU1 1 15,988 residents	153.5	2,454
5	MK42 0 15,674 residents	149.4	2,342
6	MK42 9 14,558 residents	135.9	1,978
7	LU2 9 12,346 residents	119.0	1,469
8	MK42 7 11,004 residents	112.5	1,238
9	LU1 5 14,446 residents	106.6	1,540
10	LU5 6 8,707 residents	102.8	895
11	MK41 0 10,496 residents	101.8	1,068
12	LU5 5 18,594 residents	101.6	1,889
13	LU5 4 14,799 residents	101.3	1,499
14	MK44 3 7,535 residents	101.0	761
15	LU2 0 14,492 residents	100.5	1,456
16	MK40 3 8,823 residents	89.0	785
17	MK41 7 12,220 residents	84.0	1,027
18	LU2 7 21,787 residents	81.3	1,771
19	SG18 0 9,478 residents	78.7	746
20	MK41 9 9,069 residents	78.4	711

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 56	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
56	LU7 2 11,330 residents	21.8	247
55	MK43 8 7,164 residents	24.7	177
54	MK43 7 7,348 residents	36.1	265
53	MK45 5 5,014 residents	36.5	183
52	LU6 2 8,657 residents	39.6	343
51	MK45 4 10,995 residents	40.0	440
50	MK45 2 12,298 residents	40.7	501
49	LU7 3 15,381 residents	41.0	631
48	LU3 4 5,231 residents	44.2	231
47	MK43 0 15,397 residents	45.0	693
46	MK43 9 11,184 residents	46.5	520
45	SG16 6 6,889 residents	47.6	328
44	MK45 1 13,306 residents	48.0	639
43	LU7 4 9,944 residents	48.4	481
42	MK41 8 7,430 residents	48.5	360
41	MK44 1 5,256 residents	50.0	263
40	SG19 2 10,323 residents	50.2	518
39	SG5 4 12,392 residents	52.0	644
38	LU2 8 13,003 residents	52.7	685
37	SG18 9 7,495 residents	53.1	398

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