Crime Statistics for Salph End, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 124 street level crime incidents in Salph End in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Salph End, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	32
Shoplifting	31
Vehicle Crime	15
Other Theft	12
Anti Social Behaviour	11
Public Order	7
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Burglary	4
Robbery	2
Drugs	2
Other Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	124

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Salph End. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Salph End

We've taken the ten nearest places to Salph End and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Salph End has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Bedford (2.24 miles)	651
Castle (1.81 miles)	631
South End (3.1 miles)	298
Fenlake (2.56 miles)	233
Salph End	124
Brickhill (1.24 miles)	109
Renhold (0.62 miles)	92
Clapham Green (2.48 miles)	33
Great Barford (3.1 miles)	8
Ravensden (1.24 miles)	6

Where are the most violent places near Salph End?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Salph End and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Bedford	208
Castle	205
South End	96
Fenlake	71
Brickhill	36
Salph End	32
Renhold	20
Clapham Green	13
Great Barford	5
Ravensden	3

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Salph End?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Salph End to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Salph End compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Salph End and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Salph End is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Castle	73
2	Cauldwell	69
3	Harpur	66
4	Kingsbrook	64
5	Newnham	52
6	Goldington	49
7	De Parys	46
8	Putnoe	36
9	Brickhill	33
10	Great Barford	31
11	Clapham	31

Which road in Salph End has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Salph End with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Putnoe Street.