Crime Statistics for Stopsley, Luton, Luton, 2024

There were a total of 256 street level crime incidents in Stopsley in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Stopsley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	100
Anti Social Behaviour	47
Vehicle Crime	25
Other Theft	18
Public Order	16
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Shoplifting	10
Drugs	9
Burglary	6
Theft From The Person	4
Other Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	256

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Stopsley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Stopsley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Stopsley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Stopsley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Round Green (0.88 miles)	839
Biscot (1.39 miles)	766
Bury Park (1.75 miles)	744
Hart Hill (0.62 miles)	694
Park Street (1.96 miles)	548
Stopsley	256
Cockernhoe (1.24 miles)	103
Mangrove Green (1.24 miles)	103
Wandon End (1.96 miles)	62
Tea Green (1.86 miles)	24

Where are the most violent places near Stopsley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Stopsley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Round Green	268
Biscot	242
Bury Park	228
Hart Hill	204
Park Street	148
Stopsley	100
Cockernhoe	34
Mangrove Green	34
Tea Green	8
Wandon End	7

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Stopsley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Stopsley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Stopsley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Stopsley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Stopsley is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	South	83
2	Crawley	79
3	Farley	79
4	High Town	75
5	Round Green	71
6	Stopsley	69
7	Biscot	65
8	Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo	50
9	Toddington	48
10	Barnfield	43
11	Wigmore	40

Which road in Stopsley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Stopsley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Verde Close.