Crime Rates at Dumfries Street, Luton, LU1 5FT

Dumfries Street area has the 37th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 85th 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 Dumfries Street (LU1 5FT) in the last 12 months was 161.6 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% lower than the Central average (394.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dumfries Street (LU1 5FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Flowers Way, where police recorded 272 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (150 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.