Total Crime Rate

100.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

68.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 100.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 68.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Dunstable Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Eaton Bray , and the 134th highest crime rate of 874 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 Dunstable Road (LU5 6DP) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 84.8% higher than the Eaton Bray average (54.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 68.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Road (LU5 6DP), the main crime hotspot is near The Crescent. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dunstable Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Market Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hardinge Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleavers Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bryant Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradford Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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