Total Crime Rate

85.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 85.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.8 6/10
  • Drugs 25.5 10/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Buxton Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 209th 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 Buxton Road (LU1 1RE) in the last 12 months was 85.1 per 1,000 residents and was 78.4% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -93.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buxton Road (LU1 1RE), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 245 crimes here, including 150 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Buxton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/129)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elizabeth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Inkerman Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inkerman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Alma Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alma Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Kingswood Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rothesay Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingswood Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Kingswood Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Windsor Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothesay Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rothesay Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mersey Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Liverpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Liverpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cardiff Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cardiff Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Western Road —
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Data Sources

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