Annual crime rate in Luton postcode area is 30.5, i.e. 30.5 crimes committed per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Luton's crime rate is at 98%. Violent crime makes up 22.0% of all crimes committed in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 9.7k, and this number has increased by 34.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2018 - February 2019.
30.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
98%
of national crime rate
22.0%
of all crimes
9.7k
crimes committed
34.8%
annual change
Luton violent crime rate comparison map
March 2018 - February 2019
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
LU1 1
118%
36
683
LU1 2
251%
78
667
LU1 3
96%
30
552
LU1 4
74%
23
103
LU1 5
181%
56
527
LU2 0
142%
44
447
LU2 7
108%
34
477
LU2 8
54%
17
185
LU2 9
63%
20
348
LU3 1
100%
31
576
LU3 2
94%
29
347
LU3 3
96%
30
483
LU3 4
59%
18
75
LU4 0
101%
31
506
LU4 8
98%
30
493
LU4 9
86%
27
433
LU5 4
108%
34
456
LU5 5
112%
35
545
LU5 6
50%
15
93
LU6 1
126%
39
411
LU6 2
52%
16
105
LU6 3
88%
27
257
LU7 0
53%
16
112
LU7 1
102%
32
200
LU7 2
49%
15
110
LU7 3
86%
27
245
LU7 4
54%
17
134
LU7 9
63%
20
132
Luton violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 30.5 crimes committed per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 45. highest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
45.
highest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
30.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Luton violent crime rate compared to other areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 9.7k, and this number has increased by 34.8% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2018 - February 2019. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between March 2018 - February 2019 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes committed. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes committed in the postcode area.
34.8%
annual change
30.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
9.7k
crimes committed
Crime rate percentage changeCrime rate per 1000 workday people
Luton violent crime rate
Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people
Luton violent crime seasonality
Total number of crimes committed in a given calendar month(1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years.
