Total Crime Rate
146.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hart Hill Lane 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 Lane (LU2 0BA) 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 Lane (LU2 0BA), 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.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hartley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hart Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Haddon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hart Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hart Hill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitecroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crescent Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Haddon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Luton Dunstable Busway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Luton Dunstable Busway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hart Hill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hart Hill Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Haddon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kite Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moulton Rise | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moulton Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Falks Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moulton Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moulton Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kite Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kite Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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