High Town
WardEast Luton. About 11,786 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 38% of people in High Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How High Town compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is High Town safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in High Town at a rate of 109.4 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, 128 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in High Town.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (459), anti-social behaviour (293) and other crime (202).
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 High Town alone. See Luton
High Town in brief
High Town had 10,503 usual residents at the census.
About 38% of people in High Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In High Town, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In High Town, 6.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.