Total Crime Rate
227.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clifton Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 582 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 Clifton Road (LU1 1PB) in the last 12 months was 227.3 per 1,000 residents and was 135.0% higher 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 84.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifton Road (LU1 1PB), the main crime hotspot is near Beech Road. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 37 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 | Oak Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Granville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Granville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newcombe Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vernon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcombe Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newcombe Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wimborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Newcombe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Granville Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Granville Road | — |
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