Total Crime Rate

62.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

13.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 62.7 6/10
  • Violent crimes 13.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Durbar Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 287th highest 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 Durbar Road (LU4 8BA) in the last 12 months was 62.7 per 1,000 residents and was 35.2% lower than the Beech Hill average (96.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Durbar Road (LU4 8BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marlow Avenue, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Claremont Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Durbar Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newark Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Claremont Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beresford Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Beresford Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beresford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Beresford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beresford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newark Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Durbar Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Stratford Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grantham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grantham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatsworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Churchill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunstable Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dunstable Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunstable Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Dunstable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Dunstable Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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