Total Crime Rate

146.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 146.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.8 10/10
  • Burglary 15.9 10/10
  • Public order 15.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.9 6/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.9 9/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hart Hill Drive area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 99th highest crime rate of 583 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 Hart Hill Drive (LU2 0AX) in the last 12 months was 146.8 per 1,000 residents and was 62.7% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 75.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hart Hill Drive (LU2 0AX), the main crime hotspot is near Moulton Rise. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hart Hill Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Hart Hill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falks Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moulton Rise Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moulton Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derwent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crescent Rise
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hart Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moulton Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falks Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falks Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falks Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falks Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hart Hill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hart Hill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Haddon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Haddon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Haddon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitecroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moulton Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Luton Dunstable Busway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hart Hill Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Derwent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Luton Dunstable Busway Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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