Crime Rates at Old Bedford Road, Luton, LU2 7NS

Old Bedford Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Central , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Bedford Road (LU2 7NS) in the last 12 months was 252.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 119.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Bedford Road (LU2 7NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 387 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridge Street (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.