Crime Rates at Dunstable Road, Luton, LU1 1DX

Dunstable Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Central , and the 31st 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 1DX) in the last 12 months was 329.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.6% lower than the Central average (381.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 87 (≈ 148.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Road (LU1 1DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 525 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (156 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.