Crime Rates at Wingate Road, Luton, LU4 8PP

Wingate Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Beech Hill , and the 94th highest 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 Wingate Road (LU4 8PP) in the last 12 months was 152.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.4% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 76.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wingate Road (LU4 8PP), 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.