Crime in LU7 8

The LU7 8 postcode sector, in the LU (Luton) postcode area, with most records published by Bedfordshire Police.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 303 street-crime records for LU7 8 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 12.4% fewer 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

303

Share of LU7

8.0%

Year-on-year

-12.4%

LU7 8 holds 8.0% of the 3,802 records assigned to LU7 in the same window.

Month-by-month totals

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Month	Street-crime records
September 2025	28
October 2025	23
November 2025	30
December 2025	18
January 2026	24
February 2026	21
March 2026	31
April 2026	22
May 2026	21
June 2026	26
July 2026	36
August 2026	23

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	LU7 8	LU7	Force
Violence and sexual offences	35.0%	33.7%	35.2%
Anti-social behaviour	19.8%	16.6%	16.2%
Vehicle crime	11.2%	7.3%	6.7%
Public order	8.6%	6.1%	6.5%
Criminal damage and arson	7.3%	9.1%	6.8%
Other theft	6.9%	6.5%	6.4%
Burglary	3.6%	3.8%	3.1%
Drugs	3.3%	2.6%	3.9%

Year by year

Calendar-year totals for LU7 8 (December 2013 to August 2026).

Year	Street-crime records
2021	401
2022	347
2023	380
2024	353
2025	346
2026 (part year)	204

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. LU7 8 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/lu7-8/

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