Total Crime Rate
142.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Farley Hill area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Central , and the 101st highest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Farley Hill (LU1 5EE) in the last 12 months was 142.1 per 1,000 residents and was 62.8% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 56.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farley Hill (LU1 5EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Street (31 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 | Public order | Elizabeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elizabeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Regent Street | 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 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tavistock Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stuart Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stuart Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hastings Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spring Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| 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 |
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