Total Crime Rate

105.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 58.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Drugs 12.3 9/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Albert Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Central , and the 157th 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 Albert Road (LU1 3PT) in the last 12 months was 105.4 per 1,000 residents and was 72.4% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Albert Road (LU1 3PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Arthur Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Albert Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seymour Avenue
Apr 2026Shoplifting Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Tennyson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kelvin Close
Apr 2026Shoplifting Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Castle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Somersby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Albert Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Townsley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Union Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Latimer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Latimer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Latimer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Latimer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baker Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baker Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Baker Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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