Published violence and sexual offences rates, Bedfordshire (Bedfordshire Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published violence and sexual offences 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	MK40 39,388 residents	58.2	2,291
2	LU1 50,483 residents	55.2	2,786
3	MK42 56,410 residents	41.4	2,338
4	LU5 42,100 residents	36.1	1,519
5	LU4 57,736 residents	31.8	1,834
6	MK44 16,570 residents	31.0	513
7	LU2 61,628 residents	27.0	1,666
8	LU3 65,908 residents	26.9	1,772
9	MK41 43,747 residents	24.5	1,072

Lowest published rates

Rank of 18	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
18	MK43 42,468 residents	15.3	648
17	MK45 49,483 residents	17.0	842
16	SG16 6,889 residents	17.1	118
15	SG15 6,036 residents	17.4	105
14	SG17 14,768 residents	18.7	276
13	LU7 61,418 residents	20.9	1,282
12	SG18 30,740 residents	21.0	645
11	SG19 25,734 residents	21.5	553
10	LU6 34,473 residents	22.2	767

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 56	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	MK40 2 8,297 residents	77.7	645
2	LU1 3 11,766 residents	52.9	623
3	MK42 9 14,558 residents	50.4	734
4	LU1 1 15,988 residents	46.3	740
5	LU7 1 5,171 residents	44.9	232
6	LU1 5 14,446 residents	44.6	645
7	MK42 0 15,674 residents	42.2	662
8	MK44 3 7,535 residents	41.5	313
9	MK42 7 11,004 residents	38.5	424
10	LU4 0 18,113 residents	38.3	694
11	LU5 5 18,594 residents	37.8	703
12	LU2 0 14,492 residents	36.7	532
13	LU5 6 8,707 residents	35.8	312
14	MK40 3 8,823 residents	35.7	315
15	LU5 4 14,799 residents	32.4	479
16	MK41 0 10,496 residents	32.1	337
17	MK42 8 10,756 residents	31.1	335
18	LU4 8 17,554 residents	30.2	530
19	LU3 3 19,900 residents	29.9	596
20	SG18 0 9,478 residents	29.0	275

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 56	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
56	LU7 2 11,330 residents	8.8	100
55	MK43 8 7,164 residents	9.6	69
54	MK43 7 7,348 residents	12.9	95
53	LU6 2 8,657 residents	12.9	112
52	MK45 5 5,014 residents	13.0	65
51	MK45 4 10,995 residents	13.5	148
50	LU3 4 5,231 residents	14.3	75
49	LU7 3 15,381 residents	14.8	228
48	MK43 0 15,397 residents	15.1	233
47	LU7 4 9,944 residents	15.6	155
46	MK45 1 13,306 residents	15.9	212
45	SG18 9 7,495 residents	16.8	126
44	SG16 6 6,889 residents	17.1	118
43	SG15 6 6,036 residents	17.4	105
42	MK45 2 12,298 residents	17.4	214
41	LU2 8 13,003 residents	17.5	227
40	SG18 8 13,767 residents	17.7	244
39	MK43 9 11,184 residents	17.9	200
38	LU7 9 9,807 residents	18.2	178
37	SG19 2 10,323 residents	18.5	191

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