Crime Rates at Connaught Road, Luton, LU4 8ET

Connaught Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 51st highest crime rate of 583 local areas in Luton .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Connaught Road (LU4 8ET) in the last 12 months was 225.0 per 1,000 residents and was 115.5% higher than the Beech Hill average (104.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -17.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 67.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 163.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Connaught Road (LU4 8ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.