Total Crime Rate
185.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Thomass Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in High Town , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Thomass Close (LU2 7WB) in the last 12 months was 185.9 per 1,000 residents and was 94.7% higher than the High Town average (95.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (β 63.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Thomass Close (LU2 7WB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Thomas'S Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In High Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Venetia Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas'S Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Venetia Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mixes Hill Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tancred Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tancred Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Tancred Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas'S Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tancred Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tancred Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Venetia Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Venetia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Venetia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Venetia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Venetia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Thomas'S Road | β |
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