Total Crime Rate

62.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 62.5 6/10
  • Violent crimes 26.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

New Bedford Road 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 New Bedford Road (LU3 1DF) 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 New Bedford Road (LU3 1DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Moorland Gardens, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brook Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in New Bedford Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/30)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Clarendon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs The Shires Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillside Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order The Larches Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft The Larches Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson The Larches Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Brook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Shires —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moorland Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Earls Meade Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Earls Meade Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Earls Meade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Cromwell Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Park/Open Space Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillside Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moorland Gardens —
Apr 2026Robbery Moorland Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Clarendon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Studley Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorland Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Studley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Moorland Gardens Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moorland Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gregories Close —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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