Bury Park
Middle areaCentral Luton. 12,165 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 92% of people in Bury Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Bury Park
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bury Park at a rate of 124.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.2 per 1,000 people across Luton.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 504 |
| Shoplifting | 385 |
| Other crime | 221 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 156 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 68 |
| Vehicle crime | 66 |
| Drug offences | 41 |
| Burglary | 29 |
| Robbery | 24 |
| Theft from the person | 14 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Bury Park compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bury Park safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bury Park at a rate of 124.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.2 per 1,000 people across Luton.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 154 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bury Park.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (504), shoplifting (385) and other crime (221).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Luton
These figures are published for the whole of Luton, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Luton and not Bury Park alone. See Luton
Bury Park in brief
The median price paid for a home in Bury Park was £214,000 in 2025.
Bury Park had 11,539 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in Bury Park live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bury Park, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.