Total Crime Rate
19.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leagrave High Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Challney , and the 49th 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 Leagrave High Street (LU4 0ND) in the last 12 months was 19.0 per 1,000 residents and was 68.6% lower than the Challney average (60.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leagrave High Street (LU4 0ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Angus Close, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hereford Road (20 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 | Friesian Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shelley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cloisters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cloisters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chapter House Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Angus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leagrave High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Browning Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Angus Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Leghorn Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Angus Close | — |
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