Total Crime Rate
354.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
149.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mulberry Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 27th highest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mulberry Close (LU1 1BY) in the last 12 months was 354.3 per 1,000 residents and was 266.3% higher than the Beech Hill average (96.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 149.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mulberry Close (LU1 1BY), the main crime hotspot is near Granville Road. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Granville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mulberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcombe Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newcombe Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newcombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolingbroke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Granville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Butlin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naseby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dale Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
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