Crime · Luton

Reported crime in Luton

Name: Luton crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

23,737 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 97 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

23,737

Rate / 1,000

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	8,302	35%
Anti social behaviour	3,508	15%
Shoplifting	2,029	9%
Vehicle crime	1,737	7%
Criminal damage and arson	1,599	7%
Public order	1,567	7%
Other theft	1,501	6%
Drugs	1,198	5%
Burglary	646	3%
Other crime	515	2%
Robbery	385	2%
Possession of weapons	361	2%
Theft from the person	241	1%
Bicycle theft	148	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	793	667	684	703	664	656	622	642	729	704	754	684	8302
Anti social behaviour	364	379	275	267	255	210	230	240	306	317	356	309	3508
Shoplifting	205	225	166	153	192	180	142	148	127	138	177	176	2029
Vehicle crime	149	144	165	175	182	145	139	116	115	142	143	122	1737
Criminal damage and arson	166	132	112	130	124	151	141	119	124	138	131	131	1599
Public order	158	144	132	133	141	109	112	95	122	129	151	141	1567
Other theft	133	131	123	133	120	139	105	114	120	134	126	123	1501
Drugs	119	114	91	95	92	84	110	114	100	97	98	84	1198
Burglary	80	64	48	58	60	62	34	62	46	37	46	49	646
Other crime	47	35	32	45	39	33	50	39	49	53	58	35	515
Robbery	41	45	26	33	25	24	31	23	35	34	29	39	385
Possession of weapons	31	44	27	35	23	12	32	27	35	26	35	34	361
Theft from the person	18	18	17	22	22	26	17	19	25	14	24	19	241
Bicycle theft	18	31	13	17	10	10	1	7	7	12	10	12	148
Total	2322	2173	1911	1999	1949	1841	1766	1765	1940	1975	2138	1958	23737

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Luton, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 243,628.