Central
WardSouth east Luton. About 12,527 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Central at a rate of 448.8 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, 352 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,046), shoplifting (721) and other crime (699).
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 Central alone. See Luton
Central in brief
Central had 9,883 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Central, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Central, 10.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.