Total Crime Rate

93.5 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 93.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 6/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Latimer Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 182nd 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 Latimer Road (LU1 3XD) in the last 12 months was 93.5 per 1,000 residents and was 76.3% lower than the Central average (394.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 29.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Latimer Road (LU1 3XD), the main crime hotspot is near Flowers Way. Police recorded 272 crimes here, including 141 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Latimer Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/82)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flowers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flowers Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flowers Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Park Street West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flowers Way —
Sep 2025Drugs Flowers Way Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Flowers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Flowers Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Park Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Park Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hoo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Castle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Castle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Townsley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Townsley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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