Total Crime Rate

1545.5 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 1545.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 753.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 318.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 113.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 87.1 10/10
  • Other theft 83.3 10/10
  • Public order 72.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.1 10/10
  • Burglary 18.9 10/10
  • Other crime 18.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 15.2 9/10
  • Robbery 11.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.6 9/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
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

Osborne Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Osborne Road (LU1 3HJ) in the last 12 months was 1545.5 per 1,000 residents and was 292.1% 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 199 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 204.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Osborne Road (LU1 3HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Osborne Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bailey Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Osborne Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Seymour Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Osborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bailey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bailey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bailey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bailey Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Street —
Sep 2025Other crime Seymour Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Osborne Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Alton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Seymour Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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