Total Crime Rate

33.0 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 33.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Leicester Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Challney , and the 131st 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 Leicester Road (LU4 8SF) in the last 12 months was 33.0 per 1,000 residents and was 42.4% lower than the Challney average (57.2 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leicester Road (LU4 8SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chaul End Lane, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Digby Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leicester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaul End Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Carisbrooke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Humberstone Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Digby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leicester Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Digby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weatherby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Humberstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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