Total Crime Rate

101.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 54.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tenzing Grove area has the 12th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Farley , and the 165th 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 Tenzing Grove (LU1 5JJ) in the last 12 months was 101.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.6% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 54.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tenzing Grove (LU1 5JJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Downs Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wolston Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tenzing Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Downs Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Downs Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bretts Mead
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bretts Mead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Red Rails Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bonnick Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bonnick Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Downs Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Downs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Bonnick Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Downs Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Downs Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Downs Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Downs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Downs Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Downs Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bretts Mead
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Corncastle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Downs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Chiltern Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wolston Close
Apr 2026Other theft Wolston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolston Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Cross Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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