Police recorded 106 theft from the person offences in Bedford in the 12 months to June 2026, up 7.1% (7) on the previous 12 months. That is 0.5 per 1,000 residents against 1.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Theft from the person”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 196,398
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
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 to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
0 (partial)
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June 2012
2,190
13.7
2012
June 2013
2,700
16.5
2013
June 2014
2,751
16.5
2014
June 2015
2,933
17.2
2015
June 2016
2,801
16.1
2016
June 2017
3,106
17.7
2017
June 2018
3,201
18.0
2018
June 2019
3,457
19.1
2019
June 2020
2,692
14.8
2020
June 2021
2,276
12.2
2021
June 2022
2,682
14.3
2022
June 2023
2,499
13.1
2023
June 2024
2,914
15.0
2024
June 2025
3,343
17.0
2025
June 2026
2,985
15.2
2025
What this measures
Theft of property directly from a person without force, such as pickpocketing.
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.