Total Crime Rate

127.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.9 9/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 21st highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 120th 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 (LU4 8BT) in the last 12 months was 127.2 per 1,000 residents and was 21.9% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 86.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Road (LU4 8BT), the main crime hotspot is near Claremont Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 32 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newark Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beresford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beresford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beresford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stratford Road
Sep 2025Other theft Stratford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stratford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstable Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstable Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Churchill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Churchill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grantham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grantham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Portland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durbar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lincoln Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stratford Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chatsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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