Crime in LU1: Luton
data.police.uk recorded 854 street-level crimes at the representative point for LU1 (Luton) in Jul 2026. The most common category was violence and sexual offences (292 reports, 34.2% of the total). The monthly total rose versus the month before. That is about 12% busier than the recent 6-month average for this area.
Luton, a busy Bedfordshire town centre.
Crime by category in LU1
Every street-level crime recorded near the LU1 representative point in Jul 2026, by Home Office category, most common first:
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 292 | 34.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 137 | 16% |
| Public order | 81 | 9.5% |
| Vehicle crime | 62 | 7.3% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 58 | 6.8% |
| Other theft | 51 | 6% |
| Shoplifting | 45 | 5.3% |
| Drugs | 40 | 4.7% |
| Burglary | 23 | 2.7% |
| Theft from the person | 20 | 2.3% |
| Possession of weapons | 12 | 1.4% |
| Robbery | 12 | 1.4% |
| Other crime | 12 | 1.4% |
| Bicycle theft | 9 | 1.1% |
854 crimes recorded in Jul 2026. data.police.uk snaps each crime to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points, so counts describe the area around the LU1 centroid, not a single street or property.
LU1 crime trend: last 6 months
The monthly recorded-crime total at the LU1 representative point. The recent monthly average is 765 crimes. A single outcode is a small sample, so read the direction rather than any single month.
Source: data.police.uk crimes-street API. The dataset publishes monthly with a ~1–2 month lag; the latest month shown is the newest the API had on the last refresh.
How safe is LU1?
In Jul 2026, LU1 was about 12% busier than the recent 6-month average for this area. Recorded crime is not the same as risk: city-centre and high-footfall outcodes record more crime simply because more people pass through them, and recorded figures reflect reporting and policing as well as offending. Use this as area context alongside the price, flood and ground-stability picture — not in isolation.
854 recorded crimes · Jul 2026 · violence and sexual offences most common
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Frequently asked questions
How much crime is there in LU1?
data.police.uk recorded 854 street-level crimes in LU1 (Luton) in Jul 2026, against a recent monthly average of 765 over the last 6 months. The largest single category was violence and sexual offences, at 34.2% of reports. These are reports snapped to anonymised map points near the outcode centroid, not a per-property figure.
What are the most common crimes in LU1?
In Jul 2026 the most common recorded categories in LU1 were violence and sexual offences (292), anti-social behaviour (137), public order (81). The full category breakdown is in the table above, taken straight from the Home Office crime categories on data.police.uk.
Is LU1 getting safer or more dangerous?
Over the last 6 months of data.police.uk data, the monthly recorded-crime total for LU1 rose most recently and averaged 765 crimes a month. A single outcode is a small sample and recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as underlying offending, so read the trend, not one month in isolation.
How accurate is the crime data for LU1?
It is official Home Office data published on data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence. Each crime is snapped to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points near where it happened — never the exact address — so figures describe the area around the outcode centroid, not a single property. Search an exact address on HouseCheckup to see the crimes mapped closest to it in the full report.
Crime in nearby areas
Prime central London around Westminster and St James's, a dense government and tourism district.
Prime central Chelsea, a low-density affluent residential district.
Battersea and Clapham Junction, a busy riverside district around one of the UK's busiest stations.
Wandsworth and Earlsfield, a residential commuter district inside Zone 2/3.
Wimbledon, a busy town-centre and residential family district.
South-bank Southwark and Bermondsey, a high-footfall riverside and nightlife district.
Sources
- Street-level crime data — data.police.uk (Home Office)
- Outcode geocoding — postcodes.io
Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses.