Bedfordshire Police — Recorded Crime

Recorded offences, rate per 1,000 and category breakdown for Bedfordshire Police. ONS Police Force Area data, OGL v3.

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Rate / 1,000

69.4

National median 74.1 (-4.6)

Total offences

52,055

year ending December 2025

Population

0.69m

force area

Offences by category

Violence against the person19,193 (21.2%)

Theft offences17,224 (19.0%)

Violence without injury8,841 (9.8%)

Shoplifting5,485 (6.1%)

Stalking and harassment5,296 (5.9%)

Violence with injury4,987 (5.5%)

Vehicle offences4,684 (5.2%)

Criminal damage and arson4,308 (4.8%)

Public order offences4,189 (4.6%)

Other theft offences4,014 (4.4%)

Drug offences2,249 (2.5%)

Sexual offences2,247 (2.5%)

Burglary2,054 (2.3%)

Miscellaneous crimes1,296 (1.4%)

Residential burglary1,168 (1.3%)

Non-residential burglary886 (1.0%)

Robbery733 (0.8%)

Possession of weapons offences616 (0.7%)

Bicycle theft579 (0.6%)

Theft from the person408 (0.5%)

Death or serious injury - unlawful driving63 (0.1%)

Homicide6 (0.0%)

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Source: ONS — Police Force Area data tables · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0 · year ending December 2025, fetched 2026-07-14. Recorded crime reflects reporting and recording practice as well as underlying crime. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with Bedfordshire Police.