Total Crime Rate
214.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Collingdon Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 58th 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 Collingdon Street (LU1 1ST) in the last 12 months was 214.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.5% lower than the Central average (394.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (β 103.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 155.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Collingdon Street (LU1 1ST), 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.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Link | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Link | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Link | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Liverpool Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Liverpool Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Liverpool Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Liverpool Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Liverpool Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Manchester Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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