Crime Statistics for Biddenham, Bedfordshire, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Biddenham in August 2024. There were a total of 68 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Biddenham, 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 Crime25
Anti Social Behaviour19
Vehicle Crime13
Criminal Damage Arson3
Public Order3
Other Crime2
Burglary2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime68

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Biddenham. 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 Biddenham

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Bedford (1.96 miles)798
South End (1.75 miles)396
Kempston (1.39 miles)277
Biddenham68
Great Ouse (0.43 miles)57
Clapham Green (1.39 miles)41
Clapham (1.86 miles)16
Bridge End (1.24 miles)13
Bromham (1.39 miles)13
Box End (1.75 miles)12

12.46%
of Bromham and Biddenham residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Biddenham?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Bedford224
South End101
Kempston65
Great Ouse27
Biddenham25
Clapham Green13
Bridge End11
Box End10
Clapham7
Bromham5

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

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 Biddenham 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 Biddenham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Biddenham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Resident in Biddenham have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Castle.

#WardScore
1Castle73
2Cauldwell69
3Harpur66
4Queens Park63
5Kempston North58
6Kempston West55
7Kempston Central and East52
8De Parys46
9Kempston South40
10Kempston Rural29
11Bromham and Biddenham18

Which road in Biddenham has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: August 2024
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