Total Crime Rate
122.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Luton , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 820 local areas in Medway .
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 Victoria Road (ME4 5EY) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% lower than the Luton average (143.5 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Road (ME4 5EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maida Road, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sawyers Court (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Luton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waghorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newnham Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luton Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luton Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Luton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Portland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ocelot Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shipwrights Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shipwrights Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sawyers Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whitehorse Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Luton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Luton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Luton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Luton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bright Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hare Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hare Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorse Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Alfred Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Constitution Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seymour Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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