Total Crime Rate

339.0 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 339.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.3 10/10
  • Public order 50.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.2 9/10
  • Drugs 39.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.3 10/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Inkerman Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 29th highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Inkerman Street (LU1 1JD) in the last 12 months was 339.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% lower than the Central average (394.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 186.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Inkerman Street (LU1 1JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 625 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (150 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Inkerman Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stuart Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Kingswood Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Vestry Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Vestry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Buxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingswood Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cardiff Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peel Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Peel Street
Sep 2025Public order Napier Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Napier Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Windsor Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Kingswood Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardiff Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardiff Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardiff Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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