Total Crime Rate
90.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crescent Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Central , and the 191st highest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crescent Road (LU2 0AW) in the last 12 months was 90.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crescent Road (LU2 0AW), the main crime hotspot is near Moulton Rise. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Farnley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Luton Dunstable Busway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Moulton Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moulton Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crescent Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Falks Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Farnley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Farnley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Luton Dunstable Busway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitecroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whitecroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hartley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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