Total Crime Rate

95.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 30th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 178th highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dunstable Road (LU4 8JU) in the last 12 months was 95.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 35.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Road (LU4 8JU), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 23 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Churchill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beresford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newark Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Churchill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Crosby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crosby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beresford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beresford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kingsway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maryport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maryport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstable Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunstable Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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