Total Crime Rate

102.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 102.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 20.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

High Street North area has the 16th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dunstable Central , and the 130th 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 High Street North (LU6 1AT) in the last 12 months was 102.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -68.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street North (LU6 1AT), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street North area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B5120
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Station Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street
Sep 2025Other crime Northfields Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Readers Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olma Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tudor Court
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clifton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street North Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Houghton Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Houghton Parade
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Houghton Parade
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterlow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterlow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Houghton Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Houghton Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Capron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Houghton Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Houghton Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Houghton Parade Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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