Total Crime Rate

25.8 per 1,000 3/10 Β· Low

All offences Β· 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 25.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.7 2/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Britain Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Dunstable East , and the 221st 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 Britain Street (LU5 4JA) in the last 12 months was 25.8 per 1,000 residents and was 74.2% lower than the Dunstable East average (100.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (β‰ˆ 9.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Britain Street (LU5 4JA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Britain Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dukeminster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bigthan Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Dukeminster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dukeminster Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dukeminster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Peters Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Peters Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Walnut Grove Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Burglary Walnut Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall 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 Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Albert Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swan Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Great Northern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Britain Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alfred Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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