Total Crime Rate

139.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 139.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.4 9/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Victoria Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Dunstable Central , and the 84th highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Street (LU6 3BD) in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.7% higher than the Dunstable Central average (137.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Street (LU6 3BD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Victoria Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Edward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queensway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eleanor'S Cross —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eleanor'S Cross Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Eleanor'S Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stuart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stuart Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Queensway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Queensway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dolmans Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chadwick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Frances Drive —
Sep 2025Other theft Icknield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vernon Place —
Sep 2025Public order Vernon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edward Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Albion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crown Mews —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crown Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Crown Mews Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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