Postcode · Dunstable
Crime in LU5 4EY
How much crime is recorded in LU5 4EY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Dunstable Manshead
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,754 (2024)
How safe is LU5 4EY
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 34.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LU5 4EY area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
59
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 4EYNational
Violence and sexual offences20.323.6
Vehicle crime9.63.5
Anti-social behaviour9.610.7
Burglary9.49.1
Other theft3.94.5
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Public order2.74.6
Shoplifting1.68.4
Drugs1.52.4
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Other crime0.81.5
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Robbery0.61.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 51% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.