Total Crime Rate

52.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 52.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Chandos Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 246th lowest crime rate of 583 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 Chandos Road (LU4 8EX) in the last 12 months was 52.4 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% lower than the Beech Hill average (104.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chandos Road (LU4 8EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A505 (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chandos Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A505 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hatters Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Thornhill Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sovereign Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larkspur Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crosby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crosby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A505
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A505
Sep 2025Other theft A505 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A505 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A505 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Connaught Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bongrace Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bongrace Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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