Total Crime Rate

75.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 75.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 22.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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.
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Crime overview

Brunel Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Lewsey , and the 240th highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brunel Road (LU4 0RX) in the last 12 months was 75.4 per 1,000 residents and was 29.5% higher than the Lewsey average (58.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brunel Road (LU4 0RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Kilda Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brunel Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albermarle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thurlow Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albermarle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Purcell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wedgewood Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Wedgewood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Kilda Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chanfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Drugs Chanfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chanfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thurlow Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Raglan Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baldock Close —
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Data Sources

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