Bedfordshire crime stats
April 2024

The overall crime rate in Bedfordshire county is 100.6 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 19.8k crimes were violent crimes which is 32.9% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 93% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 25.1% over the last twelve months.The category of "vehicle crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Vehicle crime" rate is at 132% of national crime rate which puts Bedfordshire on 6. position out of 52 England's and Wales' counties in this crime category. "Vehicle crime" makes up 8.2% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "vehicle crime" is 4.9k cases and has decreased by 3.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024.

Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Ranking (52 counties)	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
Violent crime →	32.9%	16. lowest	93%	19.8k	-1.7%
Antisocial behaviour crime →	17.4%	15. highest	110%	10.5k	-7.0%
Vehicle crime →	8.2%	6. highest	132%	4.9k	-3.3%
Criminal damage and arson crime →	7.6%	24. lowest	96%	4.6k	-0.0%
Other theft crime →	7.6%	13. highest	96%	4.6k	-6.3%
Public order crime →	7.4%	25. lowest	95%	4.5k	-15.6%
Shoplifting crime →	6.2%	16. lowest	87%	3.8k	25.1%
Burglary crime →	4.0%	21. highest	93%	2.4k	-2.6%
Drugs crime →	3.0%	13. highest	110%	1.8k	-1.5%
Other crime →	1.8%	26. lowest	100%	1.1k	0.3%
Bicycle theft crime →	1.1%	18. highest	100%	662	-25.6%
Possession of weapons crime →	1.1%	16. highest	118%	650	8.9%
Theft from the person crime →	0.9%	14. highest	45%	533	7.2%
Robbery crime →	0.9%	11. highest	69%	523	-12.0%
Crime statistic	Share of all crimes	Crime rate ranking	% of national crime rate	Crime volume	% annual change
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