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Other theft in Luton

12 months to June 2026

5.9per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,394 other theft offences in Luton in the 12 months to June 2026, down 12.4% (198) on the previous 12 months. That is 5.9 per 1,000 residents against 6.5 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Other theft
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 236,380

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 210 offencesOctober 2011: 219 offencesNovember 2011: 176 offencesDecember 2011: 185 offencesJanuary 2012: 205 offencesFebruary 2012: 162 offencesMarch 2012: 172 offencesApril 2012: 153 offencesMay 2012: 203 offencesJune 2012: 186 offencesJuly 2012: 182 offencesAugust 2012: 180 offencesSeptember 2012: 196 offencesOctober 2012: 211 offencesNovember 2012: 194 offencesDecember 2012: 183 offencesJanuary 2013: 203 offencesFebruary 2013: 225 offencesMarch 2013: 199 offencesApril 2013: 155 offencesMay 2013: 166 offencesJune 2013: 160 offencesJuly 2013: 171 offencesAugust 2013: 169 offencesSeptember 2013: 152 offencesOctober 2013: 157 offencesNovember 2013: 134 offencesDecember 2013: 137 offencesJanuary 2014: 200 offencesFebruary 2014: 164 offencesMarch 2014: 138 offencesApril 2014: 185 offencesMay 2014: 200 offencesJune 2014: 184 offencesJuly 2014: 181 offencesAugust 2014: 173 offencesSeptember 2014: 193 offencesOctober 2014: 175 offencesNovember 2014: 147 offencesDecember 2014: 152 offencesJanuary 2015: 146 offencesFebruary 2015: 150 offencesMarch 2015: 148 offencesApril 2015: 134 offencesMay 2015: 184 offencesJune 2015: 171 offencesJuly 2015: 188 offencesAugust 2015: 169 offencesSeptember 2015: 154 offencesOctober 2015: 131 offencesNovember 2015: 137 offencesDecember 2015: 148 offencesJanuary 2016: 143 offencesFebruary 2016: 148 offencesMarch 2016: 174 offencesApril 2016: 172 offencesMay 2016: 170 offencesJune 2016: 157 offencesJuly 2016: 156 offencesAugust 2016: 177 offencesSeptember 2016: 159 offencesOctober 2016: 187 offencesNovember 2016: 166 offencesDecember 2016: 152 offencesJanuary 2017: 190 offencesFebruary 2017: 167 offencesMarch 2017: 171 offencesApril 2017: 182 offencesMay 2017: 169 offencesJune 2017: 172 offencesJuly 2017: 183 offencesAugust 2017: 164 offencesSeptember 2017: 153 offencesOctober 2017: 168 offencesNovember 2017: 133 offencesDecember 2017: 148 offencesJanuary 2018: 161 offencesFebruary 2018: 142 offencesMarch 2018: 166 offencesApril 2018: 162 offencesMay 2018: 207 offencesJune 2018: 182 offencesJuly 2018: 211 offencesAugust 2018: 196 offencesSeptember 2018: 172 offencesOctober 2018: 191 offencesNovember 2018: 189 offencesDecember 2018: 185 offencesJanuary 2019: 178 offencesFebruary 2019: 165 offencesMarch 2019: 182 offencesApril 2019: 193 offencesMay 2019: 148 offencesJune 2019: 150 offencesJuly 2019: 210 offencesAugust 2019: 187 offencesSeptember 2019: 154 offencesOctober 2019: 183 offencesNovember 2019: 183 offencesDecember 2019: 165 offencesJanuary 2020: 165 offencesFebruary 2020: 141 offencesMarch 2020: 116 offencesApril 2020: 81 offencesMay 2020: 79 offencesJune 2020: 109 offencesJuly 2020: 119 offencesAugust 2020: 120 offencesSeptember 2020: 113 offencesOctober 2020: 132 offencesNovember 2020: 110 offencesDecember 2020: 110 offencesJanuary 2021: 86 offencesFebruary 2021: 74 offencesMarch 2021: 89 offencesApril 2021: 78 offencesMay 2021: 105 offencesJune 2021: 122 offencesJuly 2021: 129 offencesAugust 2021: 129 offencesSeptember 2021: 118 offencesOctober 2021: 102 offencesNovember 2021: 107 offencesDecember 2021: 129 offencesJanuary 2022: 104 offencesFebruary 2022: 123 offencesMarch 2022: 137 offencesApril 2022: 138 offencesMay 2022: 146 offencesJune 2022: 136 offencesJuly 2022: 153 offencesAugust 2022: 142 offencesSeptember 2022: 170 offencesOctober 2022: 145 offencesNovember 2022: 132 offencesDecember 2022: 143 offencesJanuary 2023: 142 offencesFebruary 2023: 124 offencesMarch 2023: 135 offencesApril 2023: 128 offencesMay 2023: 136 offencesJune 2023: 151 offencesJuly 2023: 152 offencesAugust 2023: 155 offencesSeptember 2023: 143 offencesOctober 2023: 159 offencesNovember 2023: 144 offencesDecember 2023: 140 offencesJanuary 2024: 146 offencesFebruary 2024: 136 offencesMarch 2024: 115 offencesApril 2024: 131 offencesMay 2024: 161 offencesJune 2024: 132 offencesJuly 2024: 124 offencesAugust 2024: 119 offencesSeptember 2024: 125 offencesOctober 2024: 129 offencesNovember 2024: 131 offencesDecember 2024: 136 offencesJanuary 2025: 109 offencesFebruary 2025: 125 offencesMarch 2025: 133 offencesApril 2025: 140 offencesMay 2025: 145 offencesJune 2025: 176 offencesJuly 2025: 117 offencesAugust 2025: 124 offencesSeptember 2025: 117 offencesOctober 2025: 119 offencesNovember 2025: 112 offencesDecember 2025: 123 offencesJanuary 2026: 98 offencesFebruary 2026: 106 offencesMarch 2026: 114 offencesApril 2026: 130 offencesMay 2026: 114 offencesJune 2026: 120 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20114,993 (partial)
June 20122,26911.02012
June 20135952.82013
June 20147253.42014
June 20152751.32015
June 20162481.12016
June 20171820.82017
June 20182361.12018
June 20194131.92019
June 20203521.62020
June 20214041.82021
June 20224021.82022
June 20234191.82023
June 20243841.62024
June 20255102.22025
June 20264742.02025

What this measures

Theft not covered by the more specific theft categories, such as theft from work or from a garden.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Luton

Every local authority ranked by other theft rate · All recorded crime in Luton