Total Crime Rate
26.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ivy 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.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newcombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newcombe Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcombe Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vernon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wimborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Further action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dorrington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hazelbury Crescent | — |
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