Total Crime Rate

88.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

46.1 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 88.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 46.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Mayfield Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Dunstable East , and the 168th highest crime rate of 874 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

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 Mayfield Road (LU5 4AP) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.2% lower than the Dunstable East average (93.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 46.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mayfield Road (LU5 4AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brive Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mayfield Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Mayfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oakwood Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Mountview Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brive Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brive Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime London Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Apollo Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakwood Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakwood Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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