Total Crime Rate
453.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Durler Gardens area has the 11th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Central , and the 16th highest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Durler Gardens (LU1 3TA) in the last 12 months was 453.1 per 1,000 residents and was 18.7% higher than the Central average (381.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 96.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Durler Gardens (LU1 3TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 116 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.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tavistock Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tavistock Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sackville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ormsby Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sackville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruthin Close | Under investigation |
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