Crime Statistics for Tempsford, Bedfordshire, 2024

Crime statistics for Tempsford, Tempsford

There were a total of 5 street level crime incidents in Tempsford in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Tempsford, 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 Crime3
Burglary1
Anti Social Behaviour1
All Crime5

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 Tempsford. 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 Tempsford

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Eaton Socon (3.73 miles)52
Little End (3.17 miles)45
Blunham (1.39 miles)19
Chalton (2.24 miles)17
Beeston (3.11 miles)9
Tempsford5
Chawston (1.96 miles)4
Great Barford (2.55 miles)2
Roxton (0.88 miles)2
Mogerhanger (2.78 miles)1

7.64%
of Sandy residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Tempsford?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Blunham14
Chalton13
Little End12
Eaton Socon11
Tempsford3
Beeston1
Chawston1
Great Barford0
Roxton0
Mogerhanger0

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

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 Tempsford 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 Tempsford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1St Neots Eynesbury50
2St Neots Priory Park & Little Paxton40
3Biggleswade North37
4Putnoe36
5Sandy34
6Potton34
7St Neots Eatons34
8Great Barford31
9Northill28
10Gamlingay18

Which road in Tempsford has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Tempsford 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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