Crime Statistics for South End, Kempston, Bedfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for South End, Kempston

There were a total of 327 street level crime incidents in South End in January 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 South End, 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 Crime112
Shoplifting62
Public Order29
Criminal Damage Arson27
Other Theft23
Anti Social Behaviour22
Vehicle Crime19
Burglary11
Bicycle Theft9
Other Crime5
Drugs4
Robbery3
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime327

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 South End. 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 South End

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Bedford (0.88 miles)651
Castle (1.32 miles)634
South End327
Fenlake (1.24 miles)218
Kempston (0.62 miles)198
Harrowden (1.39 miles)76
Biddenham (1.75 miles)50
Kempston Church End (1.96 miles)49
Great Ouse (2.08 miles)33
Shortstown (2.24 miles)22

27.12%
of Kempston Central and East residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near South End?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bedford224
Castle210
South End112
Fenlake75
Kempston72
Harrowden44
Kempston Church End22
Biddenham19
Shortstown13
Great Ouse10

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

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 South End 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 South End compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to South End and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. South End is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Castle73
2Cauldwell69
3Harpur66
4Queens Park63
5Kempston North58
6Kempston West55
7Kempston Central and East52
8Elstow and Stewartby48
9Kempston South40
10Kempston Rural29
11Bromham and Biddenham18

Which road in South End has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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