Total Crime Rate

128.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 128.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Graham Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Dunstable East , and the 96th highest crime rate of 871 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 Graham Road (LU5 4EQ) in the last 12 months was 128.7 per 1,000 residents and was 28.7% higher than the Dunstable East average (100.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 59.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Graham Road (LU5 4EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Oakwood Avenue. Police recorded 28 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 Graham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morcom Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Goodhart Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Goodhart Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountview Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mountview Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oakwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Montgomery Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Montgomery Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brive Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Graham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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