Total Crime Rate

37.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 37.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.3 10/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Grove Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Dunstable East , and the 352nd lowest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

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 Grove Road (LU5 4BY) in the last 12 months was 37.3 per 1,000 residents and was 62.7% lower than the Dunstable East average (100.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Road (LU5 4BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stokers Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Englands Lane (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grove Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Walnut Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bigthan Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Index Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Index Drive
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Borough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howard Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tibbett Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Walnut Grove Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stokers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Periwinkle Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Garden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Garden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Britain Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Albert Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Britain Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Downs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alfred Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Great Northern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Downs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Grove Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Hedge Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Downs Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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