Crime

Bedfordshire Police received 258 reports of controlling and coercive behaviour in the year to March – up from 196 in 2020-21

People Rising number of coercive control crimes in Bedfordshire By The Newsroom

People Haynes landowners face £5k fine after building without planning permission News Reporter

Crime Bedfordshire given £730,000 to tackle violence against women Olivia Preston

Crime Motorcyclist hospitalised with leg injuries after collision in Shefford News Reporter

Crime Men charged with modern slavery and drug dealing offences in Sandy and Biggleswa... News Reporter

People All change for Bedfordshire’s top cops after Chief Constable announces retiremen... Lynn Hughes

People Have your say on policing and race in Bedfordshire Lynn Hughes

People Volunteers wanted as Sandy Community Speed Watch scheme relaunches News Reporter

People Volunteers wanted to help scrutinise Bedfordshire Police's 'use of force' Bev Creagh

People Social media 'trolls' blocked by Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner John Guinn, Local Democracy Reporter

Crime Sandy stabbing victim's injuries 'not life threatening' say police News Reporter

Crime Man who raped 12-year-old girl he met online may have attacked in Bedfordshire Clare Turner

Crime Man hospitalised after broad daylight 'knife fight' in Sandy town centre News Reporter

Crime 20 guns lost or stolen in Bedfordshire last year By The Newsroom

Crime Urgent investment needed to tackle 'poor' 999 and 101 responses in Bedfordshire John Guinn

Crime Police release picture of man they want to speak to after assault in Shefford Laura Hutchinson

Crime Bedfordshire Chief Constable announces plans to step down Olivia Preston

Crime More than a quarter of Beds Police officers will be trainees by the new year John Guinn, Local Democracy Reporter

Crime Biggleswade self-storage company fined for breaking planning rules News Reporter

People Police say they could move on unauthorised traveller camps more often John Guinn, Local Democracy Reporter

Crime Race and religious hate offences at all-time high in Bedfordshire By The Newsroom

Crime Six men plead guilty to illegal hare coursing near Biggleswade Clare Turner

Crime Three arrested after police stop car in Stotfold - and find cash and drugs Laura Hutchinson

Crime Police appeal to speak to this man about attempted break-ins in Biggleswade Jo Robinson

Crime Fewer than a DOZEN people convicted of rape in Bedfordshire last year By The Newsroom

Crime Less than 1% of complaints against Beds Police lead to misconduct proceedings By The Newsroom

Education Backlash over Bedfordshire PCC's ‘zero tolerance’ on school absences John Guinn, Local Democracy Reporter

Crime Black people in Bedfordshire three times as likely to be arrested as white peopl... By The Newsroom

People More than 1,800 knives recovered in Bedfordshire in week of Police action Olga Norford

People Rare Second World War pistol taken from German prisoner handed in as part of gun... Olga Norford

People Beds Police falls short of 999 response time target Olga Norford

Crime Beds police chief tackled toxic and corrupt' force John Guinn, Local Democracy Reporter