Crime Rates at Park Street, Luton, LU1 3ET

Park Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 12th 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 Park Street (LU1 3ET) in the last 12 months was 708.4 per 1,000 residents and was 79.8% higher than the Central average (394.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 113 (≈ 272.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Street (LU1 3ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 311 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Flowers Way (141 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.