Total Crime Rate

74.9 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 74.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.9 9/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Greenfield Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Dunstable North , and the 229th highest crime rate of 871 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 Greenfield Close (LU6 1TS) in the last 12 months was 74.9 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 67.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Greenfield Close (LU6 1TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Redfield Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Greenfield Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Greenfield Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Orchid Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rotherwood Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcroft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hillcroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rotherwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rotherwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rotherwood Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cookfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cookfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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