Postcode · Dunstable
Crime in LU5 4HL
How much crime is recorded in LU5 4HL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Dunstable Central
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,113 (2024)
LU5 4HLDunstable
How safe is LU5 4HL
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 19.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the LU5 4HL 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
19.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
46
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 4HLNational
Shoplifting15.08.4
Violence and sexual offences14.423.6
Burglary7.29.1
Anti-social behaviour4.110.7
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Other theft1.54.5
Public order1.44.6
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Robbery0.91.4
Theft from the person0.72.1
Other crime0.41.5
Drugs0.32.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 8% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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20
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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.