Crime Rates at Cardigan Street, Luton, LU1 1RR

Cardigan Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 32nd 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 Cardigan Street (LU1 1RR) in the last 12 months was 314.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.2% 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 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 109.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 126.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cardigan Street (LU1 1RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 625 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (150 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.