Total Crime Rate

237.3 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 237.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.3 9/10
  • Burglary 25.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.2 9/10
  • Other theft 15.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.7 10/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Barleycorn area has the 6th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 45th 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 The Barleycorn (LU3 1EB) in the last 12 months was 237.3 per 1,000 residents and was 127.3% higher than the Beech Hill average (104.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (β‰ˆ 113.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Barleycorn (LU3 1EB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 625 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Barleycorn area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Earls Meade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earls Meade Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Collingdon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Collingdon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collingdon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collingdon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorland Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Brook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waldeck Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waldeck Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waldeck Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waldeck Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bury Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorland Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moorland Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Larches β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malzeard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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