Total Crime Rate

87.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.4 7/10
  • Violent crimes 41.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.9 8/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dunstable Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 198th highest crime rate of 582 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 8LH) in the last 12 months was 87.4 per 1,000 residents and was 9.6% lower than the Beech Hill average (96.7 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Road (LU4 8LH), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 26 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 (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dunstable Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunstable Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Dunstable Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunstable Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunstable Close —
Apr 2026Burglary Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crosby Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Crosby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Maryport Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newark Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newark Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manx Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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