Total Crime Rate

449.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

61.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 449.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 265.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 61.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.0 8/10
  • Burglary 20.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Robbery 10.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Church Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Dunstable Central , and the 10th highest crime rate of 874 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (LU5 4FG) in the last 12 months was 449.0 per 1,000 residents and was 243.1% higher than the Dunstable Central average (130.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (LU5 4FG), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Church Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dukeminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Priory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dukeminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lovers' Walk —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lovers' Walk —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tilling Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dukeminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Fauna Field Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dukeminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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