Total Crime Rate

26.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 26.0 3/10
  • Violent crimes 21.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ivy Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 93rd lowest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ivy Road (LU1 1DN) in the last 12 months was 26.0 per 1,000 residents and was 73.1% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ivy Road (LU1 1DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waldeck Road (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ivy Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wimborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Oak Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Oak Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newcombe Road
Apr 2026Other theft Newcombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Newcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Newcombe Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newcombe Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Curzon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wimborne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ivy Road
Apr 2026Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dorrington Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hazelbury Crescent

Data Sources

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