Crime Rates at Cowper Street, Luton, LU1 3SA

Cowper Street area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Central , and the 180th 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 Cowper Street (LU1 3SA) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 59.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowper Street (LU1 3SA), 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.