Total Crime Rate
85.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beechwood Court area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Dunstable North , and the 182nd 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 Beechwood Court (LU6 1QA) in the last 12 months was 85.3 per 1,000 residents and was 53.2% higher than the Dunstable North average (55.7 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 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beechwood Court (LU6 1QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Benning Avenue, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spinney Crescent (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Benning Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benning Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aynscombe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westdown Gardens | — |
| 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 | Shepherds Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherds Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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