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Other theft in Bedford

12 months to June 2026

5.6per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,096 other theft offences in Bedford in the 12 months to June 2026, up 7.2% (74) on the previous 12 months. That is 5.6 per 1,000 residents against 6.5 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Other theft
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 196,398

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050100150201520202025September 2011: 160 offencesOctober 2011: 172 offencesNovember 2011: 153 offencesDecember 2011: 124 offencesJanuary 2012: 132 offencesFebruary 2012: 125 offencesMarch 2012: 128 offencesApril 2012: 128 offencesMay 2012: 115 offencesJune 2012: 155 offencesJuly 2012: 166 offencesAugust 2012: 177 offencesSeptember 2012: 126 offencesOctober 2012: 192 offencesNovember 2012: 125 offencesDecember 2012: 139 offencesJanuary 2013: 134 offencesFebruary 2013: 128 offencesMarch 2013: 129 offencesApril 2013: 139 offencesMay 2013: 101 offencesJune 2013: 116 offencesJuly 2013: 103 offencesAugust 2013: 108 offencesSeptember 2013: 92 offencesOctober 2013: 103 offencesNovember 2013: 81 offencesDecember 2013: 87 offencesJanuary 2014: 84 offencesFebruary 2014: 74 offencesMarch 2014: 113 offencesApril 2014: 104 offencesMay 2014: 98 offencesJune 2014: 111 offencesJuly 2014: 121 offencesAugust 2014: 83 offencesSeptember 2014: 135 offencesOctober 2014: 105 offencesNovember 2014: 104 offencesDecember 2014: 96 offencesJanuary 2015: 90 offencesFebruary 2015: 91 offencesMarch 2015: 112 offencesApril 2015: 99 offencesMay 2015: 90 offencesJune 2015: 99 offencesJuly 2015: 117 offencesAugust 2015: 111 offencesSeptember 2015: 93 offencesOctober 2015: 91 offencesNovember 2015: 92 offencesDecember 2015: 95 offencesJanuary 2016: 108 offencesFebruary 2016: 80 offencesMarch 2016: 111 offencesApril 2016: 87 offencesMay 2016: 103 offencesJune 2016: 89 offencesJuly 2016: 100 offencesAugust 2016: 135 offencesSeptember 2016: 96 offencesOctober 2016: 96 offencesNovember 2016: 96 offencesDecember 2016: 86 offencesJanuary 2017: 99 offencesFebruary 2017: 79 offencesMarch 2017: 105 offencesApril 2017: 123 offencesMay 2017: 113 offencesJune 2017: 108 offencesJuly 2017: 93 offencesAugust 2017: 111 offencesSeptember 2017: 101 offencesOctober 2017: 132 offencesNovember 2017: 102 offencesDecember 2017: 108 offencesJanuary 2018: 96 offencesFebruary 2018: 121 offencesMarch 2018: 125 offencesApril 2018: 115 offencesMay 2018: 150 offencesJune 2018: 132 offencesJuly 2018: 169 offencesAugust 2018: 114 offencesSeptember 2018: 110 offencesOctober 2018: 137 offencesNovember 2018: 105 offencesDecember 2018: 113 offencesJanuary 2019: 111 offencesFebruary 2019: 105 offencesMarch 2019: 115 offencesApril 2019: 121 offencesMay 2019: 120 offencesJune 2019: 105 offencesJuly 2019: 131 offencesAugust 2019: 102 offencesSeptember 2019: 119 offencesOctober 2019: 113 offencesNovember 2019: 105 offencesDecember 2019: 95 offencesJanuary 2020: 101 offencesFebruary 2020: 109 offencesMarch 2020: 93 offencesApril 2020: 68 offencesMay 2020: 67 offencesJune 2020: 72 offencesJuly 2020: 86 offencesAugust 2020: 102 offencesSeptember 2020: 106 offencesOctober 2020: 80 offencesNovember 2020: 59 offencesDecember 2020: 70 offencesJanuary 2021: 69 offencesFebruary 2021: 64 offencesMarch 2021: 88 offencesApril 2021: 78 offencesMay 2021: 88 offencesJune 2021: 89 offencesJuly 2021: 104 offencesAugust 2021: 91 offencesSeptember 2021: 83 offencesOctober 2021: 100 offencesNovember 2021: 95 offencesDecember 2021: 123 offencesJanuary 2022: 97 offencesFebruary 2022: 68 offencesMarch 2022: 82 offencesApril 2022: 95 offencesMay 2022: 100 offencesJune 2022: 97 offencesJuly 2022: 103 offencesAugust 2022: 102 offencesSeptember 2022: 86 offencesOctober 2022: 89 offencesNovember 2022: 94 offencesDecember 2022: 100 offencesJanuary 2023: 93 offencesFebruary 2023: 84 offencesMarch 2023: 85 offencesApril 2023: 88 offencesMay 2023: 105 offencesJune 2023: 92 offencesJuly 2023: 110 offencesAugust 2023: 95 offencesSeptember 2023: 87 offencesOctober 2023: 109 offencesNovember 2023: 103 offencesDecember 2023: 77 offencesJanuary 2024: 88 offencesFebruary 2024: 69 offencesMarch 2024: 89 offencesApril 2024: 94 offencesMay 2024: 111 offencesJune 2024: 111 offencesJuly 2024: 80 offencesAugust 2024: 84 offencesSeptember 2024: 74 offencesOctober 2024: 87 offencesNovember 2024: 91 offencesDecember 2024: 77 offencesJanuary 2025: 85 offencesFebruary 2025: 84 offencesMarch 2025: 89 offencesApril 2025: 101 offencesMay 2025: 90 offencesJune 2025: 80 offencesJuly 2025: 100 offencesAugust 2025: 85 offencesSeptember 2025: 71 offencesOctober 2025: 91 offencesNovember 2025: 107 offencesDecember 2025: 109 offencesJanuary 2026: 72 offencesFebruary 2026: 80 offencesMarch 2026: 97 offencesApril 2026: 83 offencesMay 2026: 104 offencesJune 2026: 97 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20113,425 (partial)
June 20121,3268.32012
June 20132341.42013
June 20141270.82014
June 20151520.92015
June 20161000.62016
June 20171050.62017
June 20181510.82018
June 20193231.82019
June 20203091.72020
June 20213311.82021
June 20223491.92022
June 20232971.62023
June 20243551.82024
June 20254872.52025
June 20264442.32025

What this measures

Theft not covered by the more specific theft categories, such as theft from work or from a garden.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Bedford

Every local authority ranked by other theft rate · All recorded crime in Bedford