Total Crime Rate

224.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 224.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 112.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.5 8/10
  • Public order 22.1 9/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.8 8/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dunstable Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dunstable Road (LU1 1EW) in the last 12 months was 224.1 per 1,000 residents and was 114.6% higher than the Beech Hill average (104.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 106.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -51.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 139.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Road (LU1 1EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dunstable Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Petunia Court Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vernon Road
Sep 2025Other crime Birch Link Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guardian Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kenilworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ellenhall Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Avondale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petunia Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guardian Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Curzon Road

Data Sources

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