Total Crime Rate

221.5 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 221.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.1 9/10
  • Public order 33.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Drugs 15.4 9/10
  • Other theft 15.4 9/10
  • Robbery 12.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 12.3 6/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • 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 11th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 54th 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 8FG) in the last 12 months was 221.5 per 1,000 residents and was 112.2% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 92.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Road (LU4 8FG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 52 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Milliners Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bury Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Birch Link Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Ridings
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Highbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Vernon Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westbourne Road
Sep 2025Other theft Westbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Westbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kenilworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milliners Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Althorp Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ridings Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Ridings Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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