Crime Rates at Melson Street, Luton, LU1 2JX

Melson Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Central , and the 34th highest crime rate of 582 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 Melson Street (LU1 2JX) in the last 12 months was 317.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% lower 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 154.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melson Street (LU1 2JX), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 592 crimes here, including 195 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.