![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/luton-town-did-a-football-clubs-success-help-reduce-crime/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/106749594_lutonpromotion18.jpg&description=Image source, PA Image caption, Could Luton Town's promotion and a noticeable drop in crime possibly be related? Earlier this year Luton Town won promotion to the Premier League. At the same time, crime across the town reduced markedly. Could these two facts possibly be related? During the Hatters' promotion-winning season, many people living in Luton described how it had "brought people together" as "one big town" and "one big community" . Some said the "feel-good factor" that swept through the town during the club's rise through the league table made them feel both happier and safer. Were they right? Now that crime data for the periods before, during and after the Hatters' promotion run has been published, the BBC decided to look at what impact, if any, the club's success might have had on crime levels. Image source, Martin Giles/BBC Image caption, Luton borough councillor and mayor Yaqub Hanif said sporting success had the potential to improve community wellbeing Overall crime was down every single month on the previous year during the promotion-winning season. "With sporting success, people's wellbeing is improved," he says. "When England gets knocked out of the World Cup there is often an increase in domestic violence - it makes sense that the reverse might be true." The number of violent crimes reported in Luton was down 12% year-on-year, criminal damage was down 11% and anti-social behaviour down 10%. "I've always thought football is really the official religion of this country because it brings people together - it really has a way of unifying people," says Mr Hanif. "We are a one-club town and it is symbolic of what the town is about." is more circumspect about the reasons for the fall in crime. A force spokesman says while there "might be an element of truth" to the suggestion that crime dropped as a result of a town-wide "feel good factor", there are "a lot of other factors to consider". While the force does not elaborate on what those other factors might){kind=link}
Earlier this year Luton Town won promotion to the Premier League. At the same time, crime across the town reduced markedly. Could these two facts possibly be related?
During the Hatters’ promotion-winning season, many people living in Luton described how it had “brought people together” as “one big town” and “one big community”.
Some said the “feel-good factor” that swept through the town during the club’s rise through the league table made them feel both happier and safer. Were they right?
Now that crime data for the periods before, during and after the Hatters’ promotion run has been published, the BBC decided to look at what impact, if any, the club’s success might have had on crime levels.
Overall crime was down every single month on the previous year during the promotion-winning season.