LU3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Luton, Limbury and Biscot, in Luton.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an LU3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 85% of people in LU3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LU3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LU3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LU3 at a rate of 64.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.8 per 1,000 people across the LU postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 419 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LU3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,768), anti-social behaviour (681) and other crime (674).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LU3 was 65.9 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in LU3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LU3 has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LU3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luton 001A | 1,408 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Luton 001B | 1,486 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Luton 001C | 1,373 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Luton 001D | 1,500 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Luton 001E | 1,501 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.4% |
| Luton 001F | 1,342 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% |
| Luton 002A | 1,945 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.8% |
| Luton 002B | 1,609 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Luton 002C | 1,969 | 138.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| Luton 002D | 1,276 | 16.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Luton 003A | 1,271 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.9% |
| Luton 003B | 1,617 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.2% |
| Luton 003C | 1,632 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.5% |
| Luton 003D | 1,290 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Luton 003E | 1,487 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Luton 003F | 1,652 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| Luton 004A | 1,572 | 113.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Luton 004D | 1,807 | 108.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Luton 006A | 1,671 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Luton 006B | 1,862 | 130.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.4% |
| Luton 006C | 1,737 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Luton 006D | 1,656 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Luton 006E | 1,615 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Luton 006F | 1,799 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Luton 006G | 2,634 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Luton 007B | 1,590 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Luton 007C | 1,757 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Luton 007F | 1,655 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Luton 010A | 2,849 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| Luton 010B | 2,249 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Luton 010C | 2,118 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Luton 010D | 2,451 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Luton 010E | 2,576 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Luton 010F | 2,398 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Luton 017A | 1,772 | 104.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Luton 017B | 1,946 | 316.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Luton 017C | 1,928 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Luton 017D | 1,643 | 109.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
MPs for LU3
- Sarah OwenLabourMP for Luton North80% of LU3’s postcodes
- Rachel HopkinsLabourMP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire17% of LU3’s postcodes
- Blake StephensonConservativeMP for Mid Bedfordshire3.0% of LU3’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in LU36
Postcode sectors in LU35
Council1
Towns in LU31
Postcode districts next to LU36
Nearest rail stations2
More in the LU postcode area2
LU3 in brief
LU3 is a postcode district covering Luton, Limbury and Biscot, in Luton.
About 68,002 people lived in LU3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £327,500 in 2025 across 538 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LU3 was £327,500 in 2025.
LU3 had 65,410 usual residents at the census.
About 85% of people in LU3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LU3, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.