Total Crime Rate

89.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · 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 89.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grasmere Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Barnfield , and the 191st 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 Grasmere Avenue (LU3 2DU) in the last 12 months was 89.5 per 1,000 residents and was 89.9% higher than the Barnfield average (47.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 74.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grasmere Avenue (LU3 2DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grasmere Avenue, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Markham Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grasmere Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grasmere Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Lucas Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Newbold Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitwell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sharples Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poplar Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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