Total Crime Rate
27.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Copperfields area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Challney , and the 103rd lowest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Copperfields (LU4 0JX) in the last 12 months was 27.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.4% lower than the Challney average (60.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Copperfields (LU4 0JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Home Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Home Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hebden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Seabrook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Imberfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bank Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Home Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hebden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morecambe Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morecambe Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hebden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abingdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Abingdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hebden Close | Under investigation |
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