Crime Rates at Cardiff Road, Luton, LU1 1PR

Cardiff Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Central , and the 20th 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 Cardiff Road (LU1 1PR) in the last 12 months was 410.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.4% higher than the Central average (381.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 181 (≈ 246.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cardiff Road (LU1 1PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 487 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (156 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.