Crime Rates at Fountains Road, Luton, LU3 1LY

Fountains Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Barnfield , and the 66th lowest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fountains Road (LU3 1LY) in the last 12 months was 22.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.7% lower than the Barnfield average (47.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 8.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fountains Road (LU3 1LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Augustine Avenue, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Winifreds Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.