Total Crime Rate

235.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 235.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 145.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.5 8/10
  • Other theft 14.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.6 8/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Waller Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 47th 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 Waller Avenue (LU3 2QE) in the last 12 months was 235.5 per 1,000 residents and was 125.5% higher than the Beech Hill average (104.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 151.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waller Avenue (LU3 2QE), the main crime hotspot is near Varna Close. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Waller Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorneycroft Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Covent Garden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorneycroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorneycroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Patricia Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cuffley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Varna Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Letchworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Letchworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Letchworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Covent Garden Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Covent Garden Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Icknield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bodmin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cuffley Close Local resolution
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Data Sources

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