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Beech Hill

Ward

West Luton. About 15,886 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 87% of people in Beech Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
15,254
747th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
87%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
9.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Beech Hill compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Beech HillMiddle
Population20 wards, Luton · 2021
Population: every ward in Luton20 areas from 6,913 to 16,183. The middle area is 10,353. Beech Hill is 15,254.
15,2542nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Luton · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Luton20 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 80.5%. Beech Hill is 87.0%.
87%9th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Luton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Luton20 areas from 94.6% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.9%. Beech Hill is 99.6%.
99.6%joint 5th highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Luton · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Luton20 areas from 3.2% to 10.6%. The middle area is 6.6%. Beech Hill is 9.0%.
9.0%2nd highest

Is Beech Hill safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Beech Hill at a rate of 76.8 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, 106 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Beech Hill.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (504), other crime (239) and anti-social behaviour (158).

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 ward, so they describe all of Luton and not Beech Hill alone. See Luton

Average house price
£285,800
Up 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,732
51st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.2×
Joint 120th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
29.5
45th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Beech Hill in brief

Beech Hill had 15,254 usual residents at the census.

About 87% of people in Beech Hill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Beech Hill, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Beech Hill, 9.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.