Crime Rate in Dunstable North, ward

Dunstable North has the 13th highest crime rate of 31 wards in Central Bedfordshire district and the 3470th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 414th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Dunstable North in the last 12 months was 60.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% lower than the Central Bedfordshire district average (64.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Dunstable North’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 252 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 310 (≈ 27.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Dunstable North ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 45 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Further/Higher Educational Building (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.