Crime Rates at Ashton Road, Luton, LU1 3QE

Ashton Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 74th highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashton Road (LU1 3QE) in the last 12 months was 184.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.3% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 90.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashton Road (LU1 3QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Windsor Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.