Schools
39 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 4 secondary schools. Claystone School is the nearest published school at 108 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LU1 4QH
Caddington · Central Bedfordshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Caddington
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Postcode district
- LU1
- Postcode sector
- LU1 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU1 4QH
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1991
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU1
- Postcode sector
- LU1 4
- Latitude
- 51.849189
- Longitude
- -0.427652
- British National Grid easting
- 508,400
- British National Grid northing
- 217,900
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
- E04011983
- Westminster constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire · E14001346
- Output area
- E00088661
- 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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 39
- Primary
- 22
- Secondary
- 4
- 108 m
Claystone School
Other independent special school
- 590 m
Slip End Village School
Community school
- 2.2 km
Caddington Village School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 134
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 35
- Anti social behaviour 29
- Criminal damage and arson 17
- Vehicle crime 16
- Burglary 11
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LU1 4 residents
- 6,233
Age bands in LU1 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 26.2%
935 residents
546 residents
1,416 residents
1,698 residents
1,635 residents
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.
GP practices
11
within 5 km straight-line
CADDINGTON SURGERY
33 MANOR ROAD, CADDINGTON, LUTON, LU1 4EE
ODS code E81069
2.7 km
THE MEDICI MEDICAL PRACTICE
3 WINDSOR STREET, LUTON, LU1 3UA
ODS code E81073
2.9 km
CASTLE MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE
27 CASTLE STREET, LUTON, LU1 3AG
ODS code E81013
3.0 km
THE TOWN CENTRE PRACTICE
14-16 CHAPEL STREET, LUTON, LU1 2SE
ODS code Y02463
3.3 km
BUTE HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
GROVE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1RW
ODS code E81048
3.5 km
LEA VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
9 MERSEY PLACE, LIVERPOOL ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1HH
ODS code E81032
3.6 km
BELL HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
163 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1BW
ODS code E81005
3.9 km
MALZEARD ROAD PRACTICE
2A MALZEARD ROAD, LUTON, LU3 1BD
ODS code E81631
4.3 km
CONWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code E81063
4.6 km
KINGSWAY & BRAMINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSWAY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code Y02332
4.6 km
THE BLENHEIM MEDICAL CENTRE
9 BLENHEIM CRESCENT, LUTON, LU3 1HA
ODS code E81028
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Brickhill Park
BCT · Pepperstock
- 0.2 miles
Pepsal End Lane
BCT · Pepperstock
- 0.2 miles
Pepsal End Lane
BCT · Pepperstock
- 0.3 miles
Old School Walk
BCT · Slip End
- 0.3 miles
Old School Walk
BCT · Slip 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
134 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 35 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.