Schools
59 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 8 secondary schools. Putteridge High School is the nearest published school at 610 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LU2 8HA
Stopsley · Luton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Stopsley
- Local authority
- Luton
- Constituency
- Luton North
- Postcode district
- LU2
- Postcode sector
- LU2 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU2 8HA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 January 2003
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU2
- Postcode sector
- LU2 8
- Latitude
- 51.910620
- Longitude
- -0.386486
- British National Grid easting
- 511,084
- British National Grid northing
- 224,794
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Luton · E06000032
- Electoral ward
- Stopsley · E05014751
- Parish or community
- E43000027
- Westminster constituency
- Luton North · E14001345
- Output area
- E00079870
- Lower layer super output area
- Luton 008A · E01015797
- Middle layer super output area
- Luton 008 · E02003265
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 LU2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 59
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 8
- 610 m
Putteridge High School
Academy converter
- 654 m
Putteridge Primary School
Community school
- 1.4 km
Stopsley Community Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 644
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 173
- Anti social behaviour 112
- Shoplifting 94
- Criminal damage and arson 58
- Vehicle crime 45
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LU2 8 residents
- 13,008
Age bands in LU2 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.5%
2,151 residents
1,323 residents
3,421 residents
3,604 residents
2,385 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
19
within 5 km straight-line
DR PS BATH'S PRACTICE
49 ASHCROFT ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9AU
ODS code E81617
1.2 km
STOPSLEY VILLAGE PRACTICE
26 ASHCROFT ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9AU
ODS code E81006
1.2 km
LARKSIDE PRACTICE
322 CRAWLEY GREEN ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9SB
ODS code E81026
2.3 km
THE BLENHEIM MEDICAL CENTRE
9 BLENHEIM CRESCENT, LUTON, LU3 1HA
ODS code E81028
3.5 km
MALZEARD ROAD PRACTICE
2A MALZEARD ROAD, LUTON, LU3 1BD
ODS code E81631
3.6 km
BARTON HILLS MEDICAL GROUP
THE SURGERY, WHITEHORSE VALE, BARTON HILLS, LUTON, LU3 4AD
ODS code E81632
3.7 km
WOODLAND AVENUE PRACTICE
30 WOODLAND AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 1RW
ODS code E81018
3.9 km
NEVILLE ROAD SURGERY
5 NEVILLE ROAD, LUTON, LU3 2JG
ODS code E81633
3.9 km
BELL HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
163 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1BW
ODS code E81005
4.1 km
LEA VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
9 MERSEY PLACE, LIVERPOOL ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1HH
ODS code E81032
4.1 km
THE TOWN CENTRE PRACTICE
14-16 CHAPEL STREET, LUTON, LU1 2SE
ODS code Y02463
4.2 km
GARDENIA PRACTICE
2A GARDENIA AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 2NS
ODS code E81041
4.3 km
BUTE HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
GROVE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1RW
ODS code E81048
4.3 km
CASTLE MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE
27 CASTLE STREET, LUTON, LU1 3AG
ODS code E81013
4.4 km
CONWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code E81063
4.4 km
KINGSWAY & BRAMINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSWAY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code Y02332
4.4 km
THE MEDICI MEDICAL PRACTICE
3 WINDSOR STREET, LUTON, LU1 3UA
ODS code E81073
4.6 km
LISTER HOUSE SURGERY
473-475 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8DG
ODS code E81016
4.9 km
DR WHM MATTA'S PRACTICE
37A LINDEN ROAD, LUTON, LU4 9QZ
ODS code E81010
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Mount Grace Road
BCT · Stopsley
- 0.1 miles
Butterfield Business Park
BCT · Stopsley
- 0.1 miles
Mount Grace Road
BCT · Stopsley
- 0.4 miles
Putteridge Bury
BCT · Lilley
- 0.4 miles
Inspire
BCT · Stopsley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Luton 008A, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,448 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
644 published events cover 12 months, averaging 53.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 173 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.