Total Crime Rate

89.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 89.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.4 5/10
  • Other crime 11.6 10/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Drovers Way area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Dunstable North , and the 166th 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 Drovers Way (LU6 1AL) in the last 12 months was 89.2 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% higher than the Dunstable North average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Drovers Way (LU6 1AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashcroft (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Drovers Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashcroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bunhill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lancot Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancot Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hambling Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westdown Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aynscombe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Aynscombe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwell Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bunhill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bunhill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bunhill Close —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shepherds Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cookfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cookfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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