Total Crime Rate
237.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Beech Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Earls Meade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Meade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Collingdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Collingdon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Collingdon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Collingdon Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brook Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldeck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldeck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldeck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldeck Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bury Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Larches | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malzeard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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