Crime Rate in Poets, ward

Poets has the 8th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Luton district and the 2795th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 260th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Poets in the last 12 months was 79.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% lower than the Luton district average (100.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Poets’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 352 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 419 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Poets ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 211 crimes here, including 167 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.