Total Crime Rate

197.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 197.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 87.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.0 9/10
  • Other theft 32.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.4 8/10
  • Burglary 14.5 9/10
  • Public order 14.5 8/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.8 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dunstable Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 64th highest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dunstable Road (LU1 1BW) in the last 12 months was 197.7 per 1,000 residents and was 104.4% higher than the Beech Hill average (96.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 87.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Road (LU1 1BW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 525 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dunstable Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/97)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vestry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Francis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Francis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Francis Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Francis Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Francis Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vestry Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vestry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vestry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Moor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Moor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waldeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waldeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Waldeck Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waldeck Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bury Park Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highbury Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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