Postcode · Dunstable
Crime in LU5 4AE
How much crime is recorded in LU5 4AE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Dunstable Manshead
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,569 (2024)
LU5 4AEDunstable
How safe is LU5 4AE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 19.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LU5 4AE area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
LU5 4AENational
Violence and sexual offences12.623.6
Anti-social behaviour6.410.7
Vehicle crime5.03.5
Criminal damage and arson2.84.7
Public order1.64.6
Robbery1.51.4
Other crime1.11.5
Burglary0.99.1
Other theft0.74.5
Drugs0.62.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.