Crime Statistics for Kempston, Bedfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 211 street level crime incidents in Kempston in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Kempston, 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	81
Public Order	19
Vehicle Crime	18
Anti Social Behaviour	17
Burglary	14
Shoplifting	14
Drugs	13
Other Theft	13
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Other Crime	4
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	2
Robbery	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	211

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 Kempston. 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 Kempston

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bedford (1.39 miles)	651
Castle (1.81 miles)	631
South End (0.62 miles)	298
Fenlake (1.86 miles)	233
Kempston	211
Harrowden (1.96 miles)	89
Biddenham (1.39 miles)	51
Kempston Church End (1.39 miles)	50
Great Ouse (1.63 miles)	31
Box End (1.86 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Kempston?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Kempston 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
Kempston	81
Fenlake	71
Harrowden	32
Kempston Church End	24
Biddenham	19
Great Ouse	13
Box End	0

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

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 Kempston 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 Kempston compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Kempston and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Kempston is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Castle	73
2	Cauldwell	69
3	Harpur	66
4	Queens Park	63
5	Kempston North	58
6	Kempston West	55
7	Kempston Central and East	52
8	Elstow and Stewartby	48
9	Kempston South	40
10	Kempston Rural	29
11	Bromham and Biddenham	18

Which road in Kempston has the highest level of crime?

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