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Vehicle crime in Central Bedfordshire

12 months to June 2026

4.4per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,412 vehicle crime offences in Central Bedfordshire in the 12 months to June 2026, down 5.3% (79) on the previous 12 months. That is 4.4 per 1,000 residents against 5.0 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Vehicle crime
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 321,605

Monthly, December 2010 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: December 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01002003002010201520202025December 2010: 127 offencesJanuary 2011: 189 offencesFebruary 2011: 177 offencesMarch 2011: 190 offencesApril 2011: 139 offencesMay 2011: 177 offencesJune 2011: 167 offencesJuly 2011: 175 offencesAugust 2011: 115 offencesSeptember 2011: 151 offencesOctober 2011: 168 offencesNovember 2011: 145 offencesDecember 2011: 148 offencesJanuary 2012: 150 offencesFebruary 2012: 150 offencesMarch 2012: 137 offencesApril 2012: 121 offencesMay 2012: 119 offencesJune 2012: 103 offencesJuly 2012: 114 offencesAugust 2012: 111 offencesSeptember 2012: 132 offencesOctober 2012: 161 offencesNovember 2012: 140 offencesDecember 2012: 139 offencesJanuary 2013: 163 offencesFebruary 2013: 137 offencesMarch 2013: 172 offencesApril 2013: 181 offencesMay 2013: 149 offencesJune 2013: 140 offencesJuly 2013: 139 offencesAugust 2013: 145 offencesSeptember 2013: 147 offencesOctober 2013: 134 offencesNovember 2013: 152 offencesDecember 2013: 155 offencesJanuary 2014: 127 offencesFebruary 2014: 162 offencesMarch 2014: 158 offencesApril 2014: 163 offencesMay 2014: 186 offencesJune 2014: 135 offencesJuly 2014: 136 offencesAugust 2014: 136 offencesSeptember 2014: 150 offencesOctober 2014: 174 offencesNovember 2014: 162 offencesDecember 2014: 133 offencesJanuary 2015: 157 offencesFebruary 2015: 193 offencesMarch 2015: 192 offencesApril 2015: 199 offencesMay 2015: 152 offencesJune 2015: 168 offencesJuly 2015: 197 offencesAugust 2015: 176 offencesSeptember 2015: 185 offencesOctober 2015: 228 offencesNovember 2015: 213 offencesDecember 2015: 179 offencesJanuary 2016: 192 offencesFebruary 2016: 206 offencesMarch 2016: 181 offencesApril 2016: 155 offencesMay 2016: 138 offencesJune 2016: 144 offencesJuly 2016: 155 offencesAugust 2016: 155 offencesSeptember 2016: 190 offencesOctober 2016: 205 offencesNovember 2016: 244 offencesDecember 2016: 206 offencesJanuary 2017: 197 offencesFebruary 2017: 146 offencesMarch 2017: 173 offencesApril 2017: 164 offencesMay 2017: 187 offencesJune 2017: 146 offencesJuly 2017: 204 offencesAugust 2017: 170 offencesSeptember 2017: 164 offencesOctober 2017: 164 offencesNovember 2017: 273 offencesDecember 2017: 226 offencesJanuary 2018: 234 offencesFebruary 2018: 202 offencesMarch 2018: 239 offencesApril 2018: 298 offencesMay 2018: 240 offencesJune 2018: 198 offencesJuly 2018: 243 offencesAugust 2018: 350 offencesSeptember 2018: 267 offencesOctober 2018: 282 offencesNovember 2018: 309 offencesDecember 2018: 277 offencesJanuary 2019: 240 offencesFebruary 2019: 208 offencesMarch 2019: 216 offencesApril 2019: 210 offencesMay 2019: 195 offencesJune 2019: 173 offencesJuly 2019: 170 offencesAugust 2019: 153 offencesSeptember 2019: 180 offencesOctober 2019: 314 offencesNovember 2019: 213 offencesDecember 2019: 205 offencesJanuary 2020: 179 offencesFebruary 2020: 230 offencesMarch 2020: 186 offencesApril 2020: 155 offencesMay 2020: 135 offencesJune 2020: 126 offencesJuly 2020: 133 offencesAugust 2020: 135 offencesSeptember 2020: 135 offencesOctober 2020: 163 offencesNovember 2020: 184 offencesDecember 2020: 95 offencesJanuary 2021: 165 offencesFebruary 2021: 151 offencesMarch 2021: 113 offencesApril 2021: 115 offencesMay 2021: 103 offencesJune 2021: 116 offencesJuly 2021: 95 offencesAugust 2021: 126 offencesSeptember 2021: 146 offencesOctober 2021: 168 offencesNovember 2021: 141 offencesDecember 2021: 149 offencesJanuary 2022: 187 offencesFebruary 2022: 146 offencesMarch 2022: 139 offencesApril 2022: 111 offencesMay 2022: 185 offencesJune 2022: 117 offencesJuly 2022: 127 offencesAugust 2022: 168 offencesSeptember 2022: 158 offencesOctober 2022: 215 offencesNovember 2022: 179 offencesDecember 2022: 136 offencesJanuary 2023: 123 offencesFebruary 2023: 141 offencesMarch 2023: 145 offencesApril 2023: 121 offencesMay 2023: 159 offencesJune 2023: 129 offencesJuly 2023: 118 offencesAugust 2023: 151 offencesSeptember 2023: 165 offencesOctober 2023: 184 offencesNovember 2023: 193 offencesDecember 2023: 132 offencesJanuary 2024: 120 offencesFebruary 2024: 180 offencesMarch 2024: 156 offencesApril 2024: 152 offencesMay 2024: 214 offencesJune 2024: 142 offencesJuly 2024: 90 offencesAugust 2024: 95 offencesSeptember 2024: 119 offencesOctober 2024: 107 offencesNovember 2024: 82 offencesDecember 2024: 121 offencesJanuary 2025: 173 offencesFebruary 2025: 156 offencesMarch 2025: 144 offencesApril 2025: 105 offencesMay 2025: 188 offencesJune 2025: 111 offencesJuly 2025: 119 offencesAugust 2025: 119 offencesSeptember 2025: 109 offencesOctober 2025: 176 offencesNovember 2025: 135 offencesDecember 2025: 101 offencesJanuary 2026: 85 offencesFebruary 2026: 84 offencesMarch 2026: 112 offencesApril 2026: 153 offencesMay 2026: 123 offencesJune 2026: 96 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 20111,166 (partial)
June 20121,6826.52012
June 20131,7396.62013
June 20141,8036.82014
June 20151,9527.22015
June 20162,1948.02016
June 20172,1687.82017
June 20182,6129.32018
June 20192,97010.42019
June 20202,2467.82020
June 20211,6085.42021
June 20221,7105.72022
June 20231,8015.82023
June 20241,9076.02024
June 20251,4914.62025
June 20261,4124.42025

What this measures

Theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle, and interference with a vehicle.

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 Central Bedfordshire

Every local authority ranked by vehicle crime rate · All recorded crime in Central Bedfordshire