Total Crime Rate

524.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

123.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 524.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 232.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 123.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.5 10/10
  • Other theft 32.2 10/10
  • Public order 29.7 10/10
  • Robbery 27.2 10/10
  • Burglary 24.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.3 9/10
  • Drugs 12.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.4 9/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Apex Business Centre area has the highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Dunstable East , and the 7th 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 Apex Business Centre (LU5 4SB) in the last 12 months was 524.8 per 1,000 residents and was 460.9% higher than the Dunstable East average (93.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 94 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 123.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Apex Business Centre (LU5 4SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conference/Exhibition Centre, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Verey Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Apex Business Centre area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boscombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 2 of 2

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑