Published vehicle crime rates, Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published vehicle 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	12.0	605
2	MK40 39,388 residents	8.8	346
3	LU2 61,628 residents	7.4	457
4	SG17 14,768 residents	7.4	109
5	LU5 42,100 residents	6.9	292
6	MK42 56,410 residents	6.6	370
7	LU6 34,473 residents	5.8	200
8	MK41 43,747 residents	5.3	234
9	LU4 57,736 residents	5.2	299

Lowest published rates

Rank of 18	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
18	MK43 42,468 residents	2.1	88
17	SG15 6,036 residents	2.7	16
16	SG16 6,889 residents	3.2	22
15	SG19 25,734 residents	3.2	83
14	MK45 49,483 residents	3.4	166
13	MK44 16,570 residents	4.2	69
12	SG18 30,740 residents	4.3	131
11	LU7 61,418 residents	4.5	276
10	LU3 65,908 residents	4.7	312

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 56	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	LU1 3 11,766 residents	20.5	241
2	LU2 0 14,492 residents	11.5	167
3	LU5 6 8,707 residents	9.5	83
4	MK40 4 17,679 residents	9.2	162
5	LU1 5 14,446 residents	9.0	130
6	MK42 0 15,674 residents	8.4	132
7	MK40 3 8,823 residents	8.4	74
8	MK42 9 14,558 residents	8.1	118
9	LU2 9 12,346 residents	7.8	96
10	MK41 7 12,220 residents	7.6	93
11	LU1 1 15,988 residents	7.6	121
12	LU6 1 13,525 residents	7.5	102
13	SG17 5 14,768 residents	7.4	109
14	MK40 2 8,297 residents	6.9	57
15	LU2 7 21,787 residents	6.7	147
16	LU5 4 14,799 residents	6.7	99
17	MK44 3 7,535 residents	6.4	48
18	MK41 0 10,496 residents	6.1	64
19	LU6 3 12,291 residents	6.0	74
20	SG18 8 13,767 residents	5.8	80

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 56	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
56	MK43 7 7,348 residents	1.0	7
55	MK43 8 7,164 residents	1.5	11
54	LU7 2 11,330 residents	1.9	21
53	MK44 1 5,256 residents	2.1	11
52	SG19 2 10,323 residents	2.1	22
51	MK45 2 12,298 residents	2.2	27
50	SG5 4 12,392 residents	2.3	28
49	MK45 4 10,995 residents	2.4	26
48	MK43 9 11,184 residents	2.4	27
47	MK41 8 7,430 residents	2.6	19
46	LU7 4 9,944 residents	2.6	26
45	SG15 6 6,036 residents	2.7	16
44	MK43 0 15,397 residents	2.7	41
43	SG18 9 7,495 residents	2.7	20
42	LU6 2 8,657 residents	2.8	24
41	SG16 6 6,889 residents	3.2	22
40	SG18 0 9,478 residents	3.3	31
39	MK45 3 7,870 residents	3.4	27
38	LU2 8 13,003 residents	3.6	47
37	LU3 4 5,231 residents	3.6	19

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