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Crime · Dunstable
Reported crime in Dunstable
3,354 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 78 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
3,354
Rate / 1,000
78
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,075 | 32% |
| Anti social behaviour | 552 | 16% |
| Shoplifting | 297 | 9% |
| Vehicle crime | 289 | 9% |
| Other theft | 227 | 7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 206 | 6% |
| Public order | 206 | 6% |
| Burglary | 155 | 5% |
| Drugs | 118 | 4% |
| Other crime | 77 | 2% |
| Robbery | 64 | 2% |
| Bicycle theft | 35 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 34 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 19 | 1% |
Category by month
| Category | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 99 | 67 | 79 | 93 | 97 | 99 | 92 | 76 | 95 | 92 | 105 | 81 | 1075 |
| Anti social behaviour | 64 | 58 | 41 | 46 | 36 | 29 | 35 | 43 | 49 | 39 | 71 | 41 | 552 |
| Shoplifting | 40 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 23 | 32 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 297 |
| Vehicle crime | 26 | 23 | 46 | 46 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 27 | 289 |
| Other theft | 33 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 227 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 27 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 206 |
| Public order | 21 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 27 | 17 | 206 |
| Burglary | 12 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 155 |
| Drugs | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 118 |
| Other crime | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 77 |
| Robbery | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 64 |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 35 | |||
| Possession of weapons | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 34 |
| Theft from the person | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | |
| Total | 349 | 263 | 297 | 324 | 299 | 282 | 232 | 229 | 252 | 244 | 329 | 254 | 3354 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Dunstable, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 42,755.