Total Crime Rate

97.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 97.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 34.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Benning Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Dunstable North , and the 142nd 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 Benning Avenue (LU6 1PH) in the last 12 months was 97.5 per 1,000 residents and was 75.1% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Benning Avenue (LU6 1PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chiltern Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Benning Avenue (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Benning Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson B489 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Benning Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Benning Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shepherds Croft —
Apr 2026Public order Shepherds Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beecroft Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Chiltern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Leighton Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nursery Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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