Total Crime Rate
61.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Biscot Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 288th lowest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Biscot Road (LU3 1AH) in the last 12 months was 61.6 per 1,000 residents and was 36.3% lower than the Beech Hill average (96.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -29.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Biscot Road (LU3 1AH), the main crime hotspot is near Waldeck Road. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marlborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Studley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Studley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bury Park Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waldeck Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waldeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellenhall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Francis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Moor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Moor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Francis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Francis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Francis Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellenhall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dorrington Close | Under investigation |
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