Total Crime Rate

116.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.5 10/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Public order 2.8 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Ashton Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 137th 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 3QG) in the last 12 months was 116.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 42.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashton Road (LU1 3QG), 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.

View Crime In Central

Crime Over Time in Ashton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stockwood Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Castle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Tavistock Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Stockwood Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harcourt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoo Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tavistock Crescent —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hibbert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tavistock Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ormsby Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Windsor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tavistock Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tavistock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Townsley Close Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.