Crime Statistics for Bidwell, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Bidwell, Houghton Regis

There were a total of 151 street level crime incidents in Bidwell in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bidwell, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime62
Anti Social Behaviour35
Vehicle Crime15
Public Order9
Burglary7
Criminal Damage Arson6
Other Crime4
Drugs4
Other Theft3
Shoplifting3
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery1
All Crime151

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Bidwell

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Leagrave (2.55 miles)262
Parkside (0.62 miles)211
Bidwell151
Dunstable (1.86 miles)146
Beecroft (1.39 miles)84
Toddington (2.56 miles)14
Totternhoe (2.63 miles)13
Fancott (1.86 miles)9
Tebworth (1.75 miles)5
Tilsworth (1.86 miles)4

20.6%
of Houghton Hall residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Bidwell?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Leagrave106
Parkside83
Bidwell62
Dunstable48
Beecroft35
Toddington6
Totternhoe5
Fancott4
Tebworth2
Tilsworth1

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

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 Bidwell 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 Bidwell compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bidwell and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bidwell is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1Dunstable-Manshead86
2Parkside85
3Dunstable-Central81
4Houghton Hall76
5Dunstable-Northfields75
6Tithe Farm75
7Heath and Reach74
8Lewsey71
9Leagrave68
10Dunstable-Icknield62
11Dunstable-Watling47

Which road in Bidwell has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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