Total Crime Rate

95.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.5 9/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Tennyson Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 177th highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tennyson Road (LU1 3RS) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.7% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 66.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tennyson Road (LU1 3RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ormsby Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tennyson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cutenhoe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tavistock Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Arthur Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hibbert Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Paul'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cutenhoe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tavistock Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tavistock Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Tavistock Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tavistock Crescent
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Townsley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ormsby Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoo Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Harcourt Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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