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

Old Bedford Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Central , and the 47th highest crime rate of 582 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 239.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.4% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 111.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% 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 294 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridge Street (97 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.