Total Crime Rate

92.6 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 92.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.9 8/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Other crime 4.8 6/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Loring Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Dunstable North , and the 153rd highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Loring Road (LU6 1DZ) in the last 12 months was 92.6 per 1,000 residents and was 53.8% higher than the Dunstable North average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 38.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 77.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Loring Road (LU6 1DZ), 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 Loring Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Station Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hambling Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chiltern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chiltern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chiltern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chiltern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beech Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashcroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterlow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterlow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aynscombe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Aynscombe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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