Total Crime Rate

34.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 34.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 3/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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.
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Crime overview

Wheatfield Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Lewsey , and the 140th lowest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wheatfield Road (LU4 0TR) in the last 12 months was 34.3 per 1,000 residents and was 41.1% lower than the Lewsey average (58.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheatfield Road (LU4 0TR), 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 Wheatfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thurlow Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gelding Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gelding Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paddock Close —
Sep 2025Drugs St Kilda Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Fenwick Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wedgewood Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Wedgewood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thurlow Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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