Total Crime Rate
46.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashburnham Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 211th 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 Ashburnham Road (LU1 1JS) in the last 12 months was 46.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashburnham Road (LU1 1JS), the main crime hotspot is near Ashburnham Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naseby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wolston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolston Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dale Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Downs Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Downs Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Downs Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mulberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Downs Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Downs Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lyndhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lyndhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyndhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyndhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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