Total Crime Rate

637.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 637.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 248.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 91.7 10/10
  • Public order 87.3 10/10
  • Other theft 56.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 48.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Burglary 21.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Robbery 8.7 9/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Dunstable Road area has the highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Flitwick , and the 6th highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dunstable Road (MK45 1HP) in the last 12 months was 637.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1168.3% higher than the Flitwick average (50.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 135.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Road (MK45 1HP), the main crime hotspot is near Coniston Road. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dunstable Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coniston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Coniston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunstable Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coniston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Coniston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Coniston Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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