Bedford Borough Council is part of the Bedford Borough Community Safety Partnership (CSP), which brings together agencies concerned with tackling and reducing crime and anti-social behaviour in Bedford Borough. 

Other members of CSP include:

• Bedfordshire Police
• Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
• NHS Bedfordshire CCG

The CSP’s vision is: 

“Tackling crime, disorder, anti-social behaviour, drug and alcohol misuse and increasing perceptions about safety and well-being in our communities.” 

CSP’s vision is:

“Tackling crime, disorder, anti-social behaviour, drug and alcohol misuse and increasing perceptions about safety and well-being in our communities.”

The CSP’s key actions are detailed in the 2024-27 Community Safety Partnership Plan (PDF).

The Partnership’s priority work areas, as set out in the recent crime and disorder Strategic Assessment 2023 (PDF), are:

• Tackling serious violence – focusing on the devastating impacts of serious violence on the victims, families and wider community, while aiming to deliver the new Serious Violence Duty as outlines in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. 
• Protecting vulnerable people – focusing on the identification and protection of the most vulnerable members of our communities, both young persons and adults, with an aim of reducing the risks of exploitation. 
• Developing safer neighbourhoods – focusing on the issues that impact directly on the daily life of those that live, work and visit the Borough. 

For information about our work reducing environmental crime such as fly tipping and graffiti, visit our For information about our work reducing environmental crime such as fly tipping and graffiti, visit our Keeping Bedford Borough clean webpages.section.

Community Safety Partnership consultation 2022

Public consultations form an important part of the Partnership’s evaluation process, gathering data on the community's perception of crime and ASB and awareness of emerging issues in both their local area and the Borough as a whole.

The 2022 Community Safety Partnership consultation (PDF) informs the work of the Partnership and is incorporated into the Strategic Assessment process.

The views gathered in this exercise will be used to form the 2024-2027 Community Safety Partnership Plan. 

Domestic Homicide Review 2011

Domestic homicide reviews are carried out to make sure lessons are learned when a person has been killed as a result of domestic violence (domestic homicide).

As a result of a domestic homicide that occurred in 2011, Bedford Community Safety Partnership undertook a Domestic Homicide Review to identify the circumstances that led to the death. 

The Executive Summary of the Domestic Homicide Review (PDF) identifies the key findings. (PDF) identifies the key findings.