Crime Statistics for Shortstown, Bedfordshire, 2024

There were a total of 40 street level crime incidents in Shortstown 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 Shortstown, 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	6
Anti Social Behaviour	5
Vehicle Crime	5
Public Order	4
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Other Crime	2
Burglary	2
Other Theft	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	40

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 Shortstown. 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 Shortstown

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bedford (2.24 miles)	651
Castle (2.36 miles)	631
South End (2.24 miles)	298
Fenlake (1.39 miles)	233
Harrowden (0.88 miles)	89
Cardington (0.88 miles)	64
Shortstown	40
Cople (2.24 miles)	14
Littleworth (1.24 miles)	14
Herring’s Green (1.39 miles)	11

Where are the most violent places near Shortstown?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Shortstown 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
Harrowden	32
Cardington	18
Shortstown	11
Cople	6
Littleworth	6
Herring’s Green	3

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

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 Shortstown 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 Shortstown compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Castle	73
2	Cauldwell	69
3	Harpur	66
4	Kingsbrook	64
5	Eastcotts	60
6	Kempston North	58
7	Newnham	52
8	Kempston Central and East	52
9	Elstow and Stewartby	48
10	Kempston South	40
11	Wilshamstead	20

Which road in Shortstown has the highest level of crime?

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