Crime Rate in Dunstable East, ward

Dunstable East has the 3rd highest crime rate of 31 wards in Central Bedfordshire district and the 1768th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 145th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Dunstable East in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% higher than the Central Bedfordshire district average (64.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Dunstable East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 313 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 6 cases , down -14.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -36.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 440 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Dunstable East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 179 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.