Crime Statistics for Caulcott, Lower Shelton, Bedfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Caulcott, Lower Shelton

There were a total of 38 street level crime incidents in Caulcott in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Shoplifting, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Shoplifting19
Violent Crime9
Public Order4
Anti Social Behaviour1
Burglary1
Vehicle Crime1
Other Theft1
Criminal Damage Arson1
Other Crime1
All Crime38

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 Caulcott. 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 Caulcott

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Caulcott38
Lower Shelton38
Marston Moretaine (0.62 miles)36
Broad Green (2.55 miles)25
Cranfield (2.48 miles)23
Hall End (1.96 miles)20
Gossard’s Green (1.96 miles)19
Keeley Green (2.56 miles)19
Gibraltar (2.56 miles)19
Bourne End (2.24 miles)11

10.12%
of Wootton (Bedford) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Caulcott?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Caulcott9
Lower Shelton9
Marston Moretaine8
Broad Green6
Hall End6
Cranfield5
Gossard’s Green4
Keeley Green4
Gibraltar4
Bourne End4

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

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 Caulcott 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 Caulcott compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Kempston North58
2Kempston West55
3Elstow and Stewartby48
4Houghton Conquest and Haynes41
5Kempston South40
6Kempston Rural29
7Ampthill29
8Flitwick25
9Cranfield and Marston Moretaine21
10Wootton21
11Wilshamstead20

Which road in Caulcott has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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