LU2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Luton, Stopsley and Wigmore, 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 LU2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 16% of people in LU2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LU2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LU2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LU2 at a rate of 81.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.8 per 1,000 people across the LU postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 492 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LU2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,657), anti-social behaviour (1,031) and other crime (858).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LU2 was 83.9 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 LU2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LU2 has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LU2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bedfordshire 018D | 2,345 | 75.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 64.4% |
| Luton 004B | 1,615 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Luton 004C | 1,448 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Luton 007A | 1,753 | 57.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Luton 007D | 1,372 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Luton 007E | 1,724 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Luton 008A | 1,294 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Luton 008B | 1,375 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Luton 008C | 1,400 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Luton 008D | 1,475 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Luton 008E | 1,338 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Luton 008F | 1,350 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Luton 012A | 1,647 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Luton 012B | 1,917 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Luton 012C | 1,993 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Luton 012D | 1,904 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Luton 012E | 1,851 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.7% |
| Luton 012F | 1,462 | 190.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Luton 014A | 1,691 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Luton 014B | 1,455 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.3% |
| Luton 014C | 1,386 | 13.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Luton 014D | 1,439 | 147.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| Luton 014E | 1,424 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Luton 014F | 1,375 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Luton 014G | 1,445 | 519.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.9% |
| Luton 016A | 2,121 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| Luton 016B | 1,744 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Luton 016C | 1,425 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Luton 016D | 1,552 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Luton 016E | 1,805 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Luton 016F | 1,675 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Luton 016G | 1,708 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Luton 022A | 2,175 | 151.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Luton 022B | 1,981 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Luton 022C | 1,809 | 110.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Luton 022D | 1,624 | 176.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Luton 022E | 1,783 | 120.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| North Hertfordshire 014D | 1,409 | 92.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 39.5% |
MPs for LU2
- Rachel HopkinsLabourMP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire69% of LU2’s postcodes
- Sarah OwenLabourMP for Luton North23% of LU2’s postcodes
- Alistair StrathernLabourMP for Hitchin6.4% of LU2’s postcodes
- Blake StephensonConservativeMP for Mid Bedfordshire1.9% of LU2’s postcodes
- Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratMP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted0.2% of LU2’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 LU27
Postcode sectors in LU24
Council1
Towns in LU21
Postcode districts next to LU24
Nearest rail stations3
More in the LU postcode area2
LU2 in brief
LU2 is a postcode district covering Luton, Stopsley and Wigmore, in Luton.
About 65,007 people lived in LU2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £330,000 in 2025 across 651 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LU2 was £330,000 in 2025.
LU2 had 61,735 usual residents at the census.
About 16% of people in LU2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LU2, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.