Total Crime Rate
50.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Faringdon Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Challney , and the 224th lowest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Faringdon Road (LU4 0ED) in the last 12 months was 50.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.9% lower than the Challney average (60.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 57.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (β 11.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Faringdon Road (LU4 0ED), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 157 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Seabrook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calnwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calnwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Calnwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abingdon Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calnwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wyndham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Faringdon Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Imberfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyndham Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyndham Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewsey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewsey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morecambe Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morecambe Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wyndham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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