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Overview of Luton crime rate

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Crime levels in Luton are assessed as medium. Positioned 13th in a comparison of 25 neighboring areas in terms of crime rates, Luton reported 21,471 incidents in 2023. With a population of 225,262, this translates to a crime rate of 95.32 incidents per 1,000 inhabitants, marking a 5.06% decrease from the year before.

Predominant crime categories in Luton include Violence and sexual offences (33.6%), Anti-social behaviour (16.6%), and Vehicle crime (8.6%). Crimes less frequently reported involve Theft from the person (1.2%), Robbery (1.1%), and Bicycle theft (0.9%).

Among Luton’s 19 wards, those with the highest crime rates are South (Luton) (327.1), High Town (134.9), and Dallow (93.6), while the safest include Icknield (56.7), Barnfield (Luton) (46.0), and Bramingham (42.1).

In terms of postcode districts within or overlapping Luton, LU1 (173.8), LU2 (86.2), and LU4 (74.6) report the highest crime rates, whereas LU7 (67.3), LU3 (61.9), and HP23 (56.6) are considered the safest.

In Luton, there has been a notable increase in Anti-social behaviour by 2.91% since 2020, Other theft by 1.98% since 2022, and Violence and sexual offences by 3.65% since 2022. Conversely, there’s been a significant decrease in crimes such as Anti-social behaviour by 4.49% since 2022, Burglary by 2.7% since 2020, Other theft by 3.13% since 2020, Shoplifting by 1.66% since 2020, Vehicle crime by 3.01% since 2020, and Violence and sexual offences by 1.72% since 2023.

Luton crime incidents by crime type

A total of 21471 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 7204 (33.6)%
Anti-social behaviour – 3559 (16.6)%
Vehicle crime – 1847 (8.6)%
Public order – 1652 (7.7)%
Other theft – 1639 (7.6)%
Criminal damage and arson – 1474 (6.9)%
Shoplifting – 1107 (5.2)%
Drugs – 834 (3.9)%
Burglary – 812 (3.8)%
Other crime – 364 (1.7)%
Possession of weapons – 289 (1.3)%
Theft from the person – 263 (1.2)%
Robbery – 243 (1.1)%
Bicycle theft – 184 (0.9)%

How does Luton compare against nearby areas ?

Luton ranks 13th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas Luton is compared against

Crime rates in Luton wards

There are 19 wards within Luton. South (Luton), High Town, Dallow has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 19 wards from high crime rate to low.