Total Crime Rate

317.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

154.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 317.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 154.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 103.2 10/10
  • Public order 43.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 35.7 10/10
  • Other theft 31.8 10/10
  • Drugs 15.9 9/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Robbery 4.0 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church 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 Church Street (LU1 3JG) 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 Church Street (LU1 3JG), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 214 crimes here, including 111 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/68)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Silver Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Duke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Duke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Duke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Duke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Street West Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Park Street West Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Ann'S Road —
Apr 2026Other theft St Ann'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order St Ann'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Ann'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Luton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Luton —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Melson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Melson Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Melson Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Melson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Melson Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burr Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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