Total Crime Rate

97.7 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 97.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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.
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Crime overview

London Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 174th highest crime rate of 583 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 London Road (LU1 3RL) in the last 12 months was 97.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.2% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 30.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (LU1 3RL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in London Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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