Luton 017B
NeighbourhoodSouth Luton. 2,084 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Luton 017B is in decile 1.
How Luton 017B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Luton 017B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Luton 017B at a rate of 316.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 124.0 per 1,000 people across Bury Park.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 72 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Luton 017B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (376), violence and sexual offences (104) and other crime (74).
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 neighbourhood, so they describe all of Luton and not Luton 017B alone. See Luton
Luton 017B in brief
Luton 017B has a deprivation score of 54.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Luton 017B had 1,946 usual residents at the census.
In Luton 017B, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Luton 017B, 12.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.