Total Crime Rate
62.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cromwell Hill area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Central , and the 290th highest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cromwell Hill (LU2 7PE) in the last 12 months was 62.5 per 1,000 residents and was 83.6% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cromwell Hill (LU2 7PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moorland Gardens, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hillside Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reginald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Villa Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Moorland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moorland Gardens | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Larches | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Larches | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Larches | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gregories Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reginald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Shires | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Shires | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Meade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Earls Meade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Earls Meade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cromwell Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Villa Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorland Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Studley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
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