Total Crime Rate
109.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Jonathan Henry Place area has the 15th highest crime rate of 81 local areas in Challney , and the 145th highest crime rate of 582 local areas in Luton .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Jonathan Henry Place (LU4 9DQ) in the last 12 months was 109.8 per 1,000 residents and was 81.2% higher than the Challney average (60.6 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jonathan Henry Place (LU4 9DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chatteris Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Angel Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Torquay Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eynsford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eynsford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Vincent Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatteris Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatteris Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatteris Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatteris Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chatteris Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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