Total Crime Rate

706.2 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 706.2 10/10
  • Other theft 559.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 33.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.9 7/10
  • Drugs 22.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 11.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Hazelbury Crescent area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 13th 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 Hazelbury Crescent (LU1 1DF) in the last 12 months was 706.2 per 1,000 residents and was 576.4% higher than the Beech Hill average (104.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 99 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hazelbury Crescent (LU1 1DF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 625 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hazelbury Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Avondale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guardian Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Guardian Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guardian Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belmont Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Belmont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kenilworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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