Crime in LU5 7

The LU5 7 postcode sector, in the LU (Luton) postcode area, with most records published by Bedfordshire Police.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 54 street-crime records for LU5 7 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 315.4% more than in the 12 months before. Police locations are approximate.

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Last 12 published months

September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.

Street-crime records

Share of LU5

1.2%

Year-on-year

+315.4%

LU5 7 holds 1.2% of the 4,337 records assigned to LU5 in the same window.

Month-by-month totals

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Month	Street-crime records
September 2025	3
October 2025	5
November 2025	1
December 2025	5
January 2026	7
February 2026	2
March 2026	6
April 2026	3
May 2026	9
June 2026	3
July 2026	4
August 2026	6

Street-crime records per 1,000 residents

No Census 2021 residents are recorded for these postcodes, so no rate is shown.

Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.

Category mix compared

Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Bedfordshire Police.

Category	LU5 7	LU5	Force
Violence and sexual offences	46.3%	35.0%	35.2%
Anti-social behaviour	29.6%	20.5%	16.2%
Public order	5.6%	6.2%	6.5%
Other crime	3.7%	2.9%	2.4%
Vehicle crime	3.7%	6.7%	6.7%
Criminal damage and arson	3.7%	7.1%	6.8%
Drugs	1.9%	2.7%	3.9%
Robbery	1.9%	1.6%	1.4%

Year by year

Calendar-year totals for LU5 7 (December 2013 to August 2026).

Year	Street-crime records
2022	1
2023	7
2024	11
2025	25
2026 (part year)	40

Limits to keep in mind

Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Full detail is on the methodology page and in what a postcode district crime page shows, which covers sectors too.

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CrimeMapsUK. LU5 7 postcode sector: published street-crime records, September 2025 to August 2026. Source: data.police.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Retrieved 30 October 2026. Police locations are approximate; records are assigned to the area by nearest postcode. Postcode centroids from the ONS Postcode Directory. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. https://crimemapsuk.com/crime/sectors/lu5-7/

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