Total Crime Rate

1322.8 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 1322.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 964.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.4 10/10
  • Public order 54.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.6 9/10
  • Drugs 31.7 10/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Burglary 14.9 9/10
  • Robbery 14.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.3 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
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

Crawley Road area has the highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 5th 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 Crawley Road (LU1 1HZ) in the last 12 months was 1322.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1166.9% higher than the Beech Hill average (104.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 517 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 104 (≈ 194.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crawley Road (LU1 1HZ), 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 Crawley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/93)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Vestry Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Brook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bury Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Vestry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Liverpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Liverpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mersey Place —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waldeck Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waldeck Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waldeck Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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