Crime Rates at Cardigan Street, Luton, LU1 1RY

Cardigan Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 29th highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cardigan Street (LU1 1RY) in the last 12 months was 339.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 186.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cardigan Street (LU1 1RY), 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.