Total Crime Rate

117.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.3 7/10
  • Drugs 17.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Public order 11.8 8/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Other theft 2.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Belmont Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Belmont Road (LU1 1LL) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% higher than the Beech Hill average (104.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Belmont Road (LU1 1LL), the main crime hotspot is near Ashburnham Road. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Belmont Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guardian Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belmont Road
Sep 2025Public order Lyndhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lyndhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Belmont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Belmont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Downs Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downs Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Naseby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Ashburnham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyndhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ashburnham Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Ashburnham Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Dale Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ashburnham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vernon Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newcombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lyndhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyndhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Granville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guardian Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Guardian Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Guardian Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granville Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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