Crime Rate in Beech Hill, ward

Beech Hill has the 5th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Luton district and the 1617th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 131st highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Beech Hill in the last 12 months was 104.4 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% higher than the Luton district average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Beech Hill’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 562 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 17 cases , down -19.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 38.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -19.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 709 (≈ 45.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Beech Hill ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 261 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (52 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.