Total Crime Rate

237.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 237.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 36.0 10/10
  • Burglary 21.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Other theft 14.4 9/10
  • Public order 14.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 14.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.2 8/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Robbery 7.2 8/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Flowers Way area has the 24th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 44th 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 Flowers Way (LU1 3GB) in the last 12 months was 237.4 per 1,000 residents and was 39.8% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 100.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Flowers Way (LU1 3GB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 698 crimes here, including 198 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Flowers Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flowers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flowers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flowers Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flowers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flowers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flowers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flowers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flowers Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flowers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flowers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Flowers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Flowers Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Flowers Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Flowers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Flowers Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Flowers Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flowers Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flowers Way —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flowers Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flowers Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Park Street West Under investigation

Data Sources

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