Total Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pomfret Avenue area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Central , and the 88th lowest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pomfret Avenue (LU2 0JL) in the last 12 months was 25.2 per 1,000 residents and was 93.4% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pomfret Avenue (LU2 0JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Winch Street, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Treetop Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hart Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pomfret Avenue | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pomfret Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chadwell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kite Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kite Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alice Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Abbots Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alice Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alice Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winch Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Falks Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Treetop Close | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Tree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cherry Tree Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cherry Tree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Close | Under investigation |
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