Total Crime Rate

401.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 401.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 126.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 55.1 10/10
  • Burglary 31.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.5 10/10
  • Other theft 23.6 10/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.9 9/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mulberry Close area has the 4th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 25th highest crime rate of 583 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 401.6 per 1,000 residents and was 284.6% higher than the Beech Hill average (104.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 110.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 84.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mulberry Close (LU1 1BY), the main crime hotspot is near Granville Road. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mulberry Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Rowan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Granville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dale Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Granville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Granville Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clifton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Granville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Naseby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peters Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mulberry Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Mulberry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Butlin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Butlin Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowan Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rowan Close
Sep 2025Burglary Rowan Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newcombe Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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