Total Crime Rate

565.2 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 565.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 373.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 113.0 10/10
  • Public order 43.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Calnwood Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Challney , and the 14th 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 Calnwood Road (LU4 0ET) in the last 12 months was 565.2 per 1,000 residents and was 887.8% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 417.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Calnwood Road (LU4 0ET), 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

Crime Over Time in Calnwood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calnwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Poets Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poets Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calnwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hathaway Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hathaway Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calnwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calnwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Calnwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Calnwood Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.