Total Crime Rate

35.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 35.7 4/10
  • Violent crimes 21.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.8 4/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fair Oak Drive area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in High Town , and the 150th lowest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fair Oak Drive (LU2 7TQ) in the last 12 months was 35.7 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% lower than the High Town average (99.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 21.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fair Oak Drive (LU2 7TQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Felstead Close, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sunningdale (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fair Oak Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Fair Oak Drive Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fair Oak Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Verde Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fair Oak Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Birchen Grove —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Felstead Way —
Apr 2026Other theft Sunningdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunningdale Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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