Total Crime Rate

87.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

67.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 87.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 67.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.1 9/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Biscot Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 196th 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 Biscot Road (LU3 1AX) in the last 12 months was 87.7 per 1,000 residents and was 9.3% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Biscot Road (LU3 1AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highbury Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Biscot Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Argyll Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellenhall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Biscot Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Biscot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Curzon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyll Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ellenhall Close
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ellenhall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ellenhall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ellenhall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellenhall Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellenhall Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellenhall Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milliners Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Marlborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Marlborough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Argyll Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyll Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dorrington Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Argyll Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milliners Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Dane Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milliners Way

Data Sources

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