Crime Statistics for Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 32 street level crime incidents in Marston Moretaine 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 Marston Moretaine, 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	11
Shoplifting	11
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Other Theft	2
Burglary	1
Anti Social Behaviour	1
Public Order	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	32

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 Marston Moretaine. 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 Marston Moretaine

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Caulcott (0.62 miles)	32
Marston Moretaine	32
Lower Shelton (0.62 miles)	32
Cranfield (2.56 miles)	24
Gossard’s Green (2.24 miles)	23
Hall End (2.56 miles)	14
Bourne End (2.63 miles)	11
Millbrook (2.24 miles)	4
Brogborough (2.63 miles)	2
Bougton End (2.56 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Marston Moretaine?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Caulcott	11
Marston Moretaine	11
Lower Shelton	11
Cranfield	9
Gossard’s Green	9
Hall End	7
Bourne End	7
Millbrook	2
Brogborough	1
Bougton End	0

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

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 Marston Moretaine 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 Marston Moretaine compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Kempston North	58
2	Kempston West	55
3	Elstow and Stewartby	48
4	Houghton Conquest and Haynes	41
5	Kempston South	40
6	Kempston Rural	29
7	Ampthill	29
8	Flitwick	25
9	Cranfield and Marston Moretaine	21
10	Wootton	21
11	Wilshamstead	20

Which road in Marston Moretaine has the highest level of crime?

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