Total Crime Rate

93.5 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 93.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 6/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Holly Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 182nd 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 Holly Street (LU1 3DD) in the last 12 months was 93.5 per 1,000 residents and was 76.3% lower than the Central average (394.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 29.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holly Street (LU1 3DD), the main crime hotspot is near Flowers Way. Police recorded 272 crimes here, including 141 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Holly Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elizabeth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tavistock Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Windsor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tavistock Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order George Street West Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime George Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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