Luton

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:23

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

1017 reported · July 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences339
• Anti-social behaviour174
• Vehicle crime92
• Public order84

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Luton Town Centre · Bedfordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

375 reported road collisions (2024)

64 killed or seriously injured · 495 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 316 rated 4–5 ★ (219 top)
• 32 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Luton (0.4 km)
• 47 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£289,790 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Luton · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,221 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £907
• 2 bed £1,113
• 3 bed £1,336

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.5 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · ESSO (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (0.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

78 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Alma Street (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms4
• Sports pitches42
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

225,262 residents in Luton · 5,196/km²

• Under 16: 23%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 52 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,440 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (33% of 85,480)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

79 schools · 40,884 pupils

46 primary · 13 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 29 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Luton

195 CQC-registered services

• Care homes35
• GP practices32
• Dentists30
• Homecare agencies72
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 70% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Luton

• In a conservation area (Town Centre Conservation Area 1)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 70 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

175 applications decided

70.3% granted · 123 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Rachel Hopkins

Labour

Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 22
• Con 3
• LD 13
• Ref 1
• Oth 9

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools22
• GPs & clinics13
• Pharmacies13
• Supermarkets11
• Parks & greens21
• Restaurants & cafés220

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,055 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,188 jobs advertised · £47,738 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician - Stevenage, Senior Quantity Surveyor

Source: Adzuna

£709 median full-time weekly pay

6.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,612 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 94,640 certificates

12.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Nuclear 34% · Gas 16% · Imports 6%

70 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.8 women · 56.9 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Luton South and South Bedfordshire:

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 601 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s335 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership268 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office209 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test153 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Luton Corporation Tramways · 0.0 km

  Luton Corporation Tramways served the town of Luton in Bedfordshire from 21 February 1908 until 16 April 1932.

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  Luton Town Hall · 0.0 km

  Luton Town Hall is a building at the junction between Manchester Street, Upper George Street and George Street, Luton, England; the current building was completed in 1936 on the site of the older Town Hall, which was…

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  Luton Point · 0.2 km

  Frasers Plus Luton is a shopping centre in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. It was formerly an Arndale Centre, until it was purchased by Capital & Regional in January 2006. It was temporarily called The Mall Arndale, but…

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  Luton · 0.2 km

  Luton is a town and borough in Bedfordshire, England. The borough had a population of 225,262 at the 2021 census.

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  The Great Northern, Luton · 0.3 km

  The Great Northern is a pub at 63 Bute Street, Luton, Bedfordshire. The 19th-century building is Grade II listed.

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  The Hat Factory · 0.3 km

  The Hat Factory is an arts facility in the centre of Luton, England that seeks to develop the arts in the town and surrounding region. The Hat Factory opened in April 2004, and includes theatre, music, comedy, dance a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)