Crime Rates at Dumfries Street, Luton, LU1 5BU

Dumfries Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Farley , and the 97th 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 Dumfries Street (LU1 5BU) in the last 12 months was 147.9 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% higher than the Farley average (114.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 91.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dumfries Street (LU1 5BU), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 261 crimes here, including 156 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.