Total Crime Rate
54.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Argyll Avenue area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 251st lowest 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 Argyll Avenue (LU3 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 54.3 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 31.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Argyll Avenue (LU3 1EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milliners Way (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellenhall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curzon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spencer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Ridings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Ridings | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Biscot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Argyll Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dorrington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milliners Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dane Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellenhall Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellenhall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellenhall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ellenhall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellenhall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Biscot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellenhall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellenhall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Argyll Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milliners Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milliners Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milliners Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marlborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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