Total Crime Rate

45.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 45.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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 38th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Challney , and the 216th lowest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dunstable Road (LU4 8QW) in the last 12 months was 45.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% lower than the Challney average (57.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 22.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Road (LU4 8QW), the main crime hotspot is near Digby Close. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 17 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 (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stoneygate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weatherby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Simpson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leicester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wyvern Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Humberstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stoneygate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Humberstone Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Digby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Digby Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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