Total Crime Rate

123.4 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 123.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.4 6/10
  • Shoplifting 20.0 7/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 12th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Challney , and the 123rd 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 8DN) in the last 12 months was 123.4 per 1,000 residents and was 115.7% higher than the Challney average (57.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 38.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Road (LU4 8DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dunstable Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dunstable Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Thornhill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dunstable Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Dawlish Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaul End Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waller Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larkspur Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dunstable Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chester Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chester Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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