Crime Rates at Priory Road, Dunstable, LU5 4HR

Priory Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dunstable Central , and the 31st 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 Priory Road (LU5 4HR) in the last 12 months was 237.2 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% higher than the Dunstable Central average (137.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -90.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 115.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (LU5 4HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 80 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.