Total Crime Rate
122.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Salisbury Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Farley , and the 126th highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Salisbury Road (LU1 5AR) in the last 12 months was 122.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% higher than the Farley average (116.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Salisbury Road (LU1 5AR), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 245 crimes here, including 150 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Farley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Windsor Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Kingswood Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingswood Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kingswood Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bonnick Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Winsdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cardiff Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardiff Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardiff Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cardiff Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bonnick Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothesay Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Rothesay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rothesay Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hillborough Road | Under investigation |
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