Total Crime Rate
964.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wyndham Road area has the highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Challney , and the 9th highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wyndham Road (LU4 0EA) in the last 12 months was 964.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1586.0% higher than the Challney average (57.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 150 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 185 (≈ 725.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wyndham Road (LU4 0EA), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 211 crimes here, including 167 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Challney| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calnwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calnwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Calnwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calnwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Calnwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Faringdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calnwood Road | Under investigation |
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