Total Crime Rate

193.7 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 193.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.8 8/10
  • Public order 19.8 9/10
  • Burglary 15.8 10/10
  • Drugs 15.8 9/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Caddington , and the 41st highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dunstable Road (LU1 4AP) in the last 12 months was 193.7 per 1,000 residents and was 225.0% higher than the Caddington average (59.6 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 118.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Dunstable Road area

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Data Sources

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