Total Crime Rate
60.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beecroft Way area has the 13th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Dunstable North , and the 295th highest crime rate of 874 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beecroft Way (LU6 1EE) in the last 12 months was 60.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.9% higher than the Dunstable North average (55.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beecroft Way (LU6 1EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Radburn Court, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashcroft (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aynscombe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shepherds Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leighton Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radburn Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Radburn Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radburn Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nursery Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Benning Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benning Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B489 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beecroft Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loring Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherds Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chiltern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashcroft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashcroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashcroft | Under investigation |
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