Total Crime Rate
96.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Varna Close area has the 6th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Bramingham , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 582 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 Varna Close (LU3 1SS) in the last 12 months was 96.8 per 1,000 residents and was 66.1% higher than the Bramingham average (58.3 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Varna Close (LU3 1SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Varna Close, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Garden Court (19 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 | Quilter Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Letchworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blundell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorneycroft Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Varna Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Varna Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Varna Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Covent Garden Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bodmin Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garden Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cuffley Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quilter Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Varna Close | Under investigation |
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