Total Crime Rate
50.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chaworth Green 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 Chaworth Green (LU4 9JQ) 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 Chaworth Green (LU4 9JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Teesdale, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glaisdale (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Montague Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Teesdale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glaisdale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glaisdale | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thorntondale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glaisdale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thorntondale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wetherne Link | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wetherne Link | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acworth Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acworth Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boxted Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Acworth Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaworth Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Toddington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glaisdale | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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