LU7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leighton Buzzard, Leedon and Linslade, in Central Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
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 LU7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 2% of people in LU7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LU7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LU7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LU7 at a rate of 59.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.8 per 1,000 people across the LU postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 356 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LU7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,283), anti-social behaviour (631) and other crime (623).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LU7 was 60.4 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 LU7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LU7 has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LU7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire 006D | 1,870 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.6% |
| Buckinghamshire 007A | 1,334 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| Buckinghamshire 007B | 1,645 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.3% |
| Buckinghamshire 008A | 1,582 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 40.2% |
| Buckinghamshire 008B | 1,683 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 46.1% |
| Buckinghamshire 008E | 2,812 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.1% |
| Buckinghamshire 008F | 1,507 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 019A | 2,519 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 64.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 019F | 1,146 | 27.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 019G | 1,972 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 75.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 020A | 1,475 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 020B | 1,571 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 020C | 1,424 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 020D | 1,766 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 75.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 020E | 1,452 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 72.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 021A | 2,084 | 344.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 021B | 1,655 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 021C | 1,907 | 151.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 71.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 021D | 1,792 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 021E | 2,144 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 022A | 1,659 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 022B | 1,543 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire 022C | 1,744 | 82.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire 022D | 1,099 | 15.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 47.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 023A | 1,222 | 15.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 62.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 023B | 1,280 | No figure | 10 | 86.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 023C | 1,399 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 58.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 023D | 1,457 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 024A | 1,389 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 024D | 1,352 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 024E | 1,806 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire 024F | 1,713 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 024H | 1,375 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 024I | 1,216 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 024J | 1,066 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 024K | 1,022 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire 024L | 1,262 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 74.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 024M | 1,525 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
MPs for LU7
- Alex MayerLabourMP for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard71% of LU7’s postcodes
- Laura Kyrke-SmithLabourMP for Aylesbury21% of LU7’s postcodes
- Callum AndersonLabourMP for Buckingham and Bletchley6.7% of LU7’s postcodes
- Rachel HopkinsLabourMP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire1.0% of LU7’s postcodes
- Blake StephensonConservativeMP for Mid Bedfordshire0.1% of LU7’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 LU76
Postcode sectors in LU77
Councils LU7 covers2
Towns in LU71
Postcode districts next to LU78
Nearest rail stations2
More in the LU postcode area2
LU7 in brief
LU7 is a postcode district covering Leighton Buzzard, Leedon and Linslade, in Central Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
About 64,759 people lived in LU7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £370,000 in 2025 across 1,240 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LU7 was £370,000 in 2025.
LU7 had 61,564 usual residents at the census.
About 2% of people in LU7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LU7, 81.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.