Total Crime Rate

101.0 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 101.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Bunhill Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Dunstable North , and the 133rd 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 Bunhill Close (LU6 1TH) in the last 12 months was 101.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% higher than the Dunstable North average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -45.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 32.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bunhill Close (LU6 1TH), the main crime hotspot is near Ashcroft. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bunhill Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bunhill Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakwell Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lancot Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancot Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashcroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hillcroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Aynscombe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bunhill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bunhill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bunhill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aynscombe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cookfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cookfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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