Luton

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• Today: 11° / 6° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:28

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Brent - Ikea, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

966 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences292
• Anti-social behaviour197
• Shoplifting91
• Public order66

9 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Luton Town Centre · Bedfordshire

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

158 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 225 casualties · 11.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 315 rated 4–5 ★ (225 top)
• 36 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

£422,835 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across North Hertfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,434 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,024
• 2 bed £1,284
• 3 bed £1,576

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,767 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (3.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (0.7 km)

8 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)

133,210 residents in North Hertfordshire · 355/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,446
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,042
• Net moves+404

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 256 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,449 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 60,040)

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

69 schools · 19,871 pupils

53 primary · 6 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 26 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Hertfordshire

1,176 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices171
• Dentists296
• Homecare agencies330
• Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

• 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)

237 applications decided

90.3% granted · 214 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rachel Hopkins

Labour

Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 23
• Con 7
• LD 20
• Oth 1

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,373 jobs advertised · £47,837 avg

e.g. Class 1 Driver, Retail Graduate Management Programme (Hiring Immediately), Senior Estimator

Source: Adzuna

£983 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,048 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 66,549 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 16% · Biomass 13%

78 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Hertfordshire): 65.5 women · 65.4 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

14 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in LU1

• Bell House Medical Centre
• Castle Medical Group Practice
• Lea Vale Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 616 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND123 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants111 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases105 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth101 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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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  Frasers Plus Luton · 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)