Total Crime Rate

50.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 50.5 5/10
  • Violent crimes 40.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.7 7/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cheney Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 81 local areas in Challney , and the 226th lowest crime rate of 582 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 Cheney Road (LU4 9ET) in the last 12 months was 50.5 per 1,000 residents and was 16.6% lower than the Challney average (60.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheney Road (LU4 9ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Teesdale, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westerdale (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cheney Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/30)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Needham Road —
Apr 2026Other crime Thorntondale Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Teesdale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Liston Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wetherne Link Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Liston Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Home Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Boxted Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Home Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wetherne Link Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westerdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaworth Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Montague Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Montague Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Hunston Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Ickley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Harry Scott Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hunston Close —
Apr 2026Public order Hunston Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acworth Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acworth Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Acworth Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs The Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft The Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ickley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order The Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order The Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thorntondale Under investigation
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Data Sources

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