Schools
37 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. The King's School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LU1 3TU
Caddington · Central Bedfordshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Luton
- Ward
- Caddington
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Postcode district
- LU1
- Postcode sector
- LU1 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU1 3TU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU1
- Postcode sector
- LU1 3
- Latitude
- 51.846050
- Longitude
- -0.368181
- British National Grid easting
- 512,504
- British National Grid northing
- 217,641
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
- Electoral ward
- Caddington · E05014400
- Parish or community
- E04011962
- Westminster constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire · E14001346
- Output area
- E00088655
- Lower layer super output area
- Central Bedfordshire 033D · E01017564
- Middle layer super output area
- Central Bedfordshire 033 · E02003651
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore LU1
Property
7 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 90, Viaduct Cottages, East Hyde, Luton, LU1 3TU | 20 May 2016 | £300,000 |
| 90, Viaduct Cottages, East Hyde, Luton, LU1 3TU | 24 May 2010 | £215,000 |
| 87, Viaduct Cottages, East Hyde, Luton, LU1 3TU | 23 November 2007 | £107,500 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 37
- Primary
- 22
- Secondary
- 5
- 1.9 km
The King's School
Other independent school
- 2.1 km
The Lea Primary School and Nursery
Community school
- 2.3 km
Wood End School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 14
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Anti social behaviour 4
- Criminal damage and arson 3
- Vehicle crime 2
- Burglary 1
- Other crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 22
- Postcode households
- 8
- Residents per household
- 2.8
- LU1 3 residents
- 11,784
8 female, 14 male
Age bands in LU1 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 35.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 9.2%
2,200 residents
1,791 residents
4,121 residents
2,490 residents
1,071 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LU1 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
6
within 5 km
ELMS MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 STEWART ROAD, HARPENDEN, AL5 4QA
ODS code E82071
3.2 km
DAVENPORT HOUSE SURGERY
DAVENPORT HOUSE, BOWERS WAY, HARPENDEN, AL5 4HX
ODS code E82077
3.5 km
VILLAGE SURGERY
AMENBURY LANE, HARPENDEN, AL5 2BT
ODS code E82037
3.6 km
CASTLE MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE
27 CASTLE STREET, LUTON, LU1 3AG
ODS code E81013
4.6 km
THE MEDICI MEDICAL PRACTICE
3 WINDSOR STREET, LUTON, LU1 3UA
ODS code E81073
4.7 km
THE TOWN CENTRE PRACTICE
14-16 CHAPEL STREET, LUTON, LU1 2SE
ODS code Y02463
4.8 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Viaduct Cottages
BCT · East Hyde
- 0.0 miles
Viaduct Cottages
BCT · East Hyde
- 0.3 miles
Hambro Close
BCT · East Hyde
- 0.3 miles
Hambro Close
BCT · East Hyde
- 0.4 miles
Chiltern Green Road
BCT · Newmill End
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 033D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,168 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 4 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.