Schools
49 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 6 secondary schools. Wigmore Primary is the nearest published school at 329 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LU2 9UG
Wigmore · Luton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Wigmore
- Local authority
- Luton
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Postcode district
- LU2
- Postcode sector
- LU2 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU2 9UG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1992
- Terminated
- 1 June 1996
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU2
- Postcode sector
- LU2 9
- Latitude
- 51.889760
- Longitude
- -0.369563
- British National Grid easting
- 512,300
- British National Grid northing
- 222,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Luton · E06000032
- Electoral ward
- Wigmore · E05014754
- Parish or community
- E43000027
- Westminster constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire · E14001346
- Output area
- E00079900
- Lower layer super output area
- Luton 014D · E01015808
- Middle layer super output area
- Luton 014 · E02003271
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
- 49
- Primary
- 29
- Secondary
- 6
- 329 m
Wigmore Primary
Community school
- 929 m
Queen Elizabeth School
Foundation school
- 1.1 km
Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,661
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 435
- Shoplifting 416
- Anti social behaviour 160
- Other theft 143
- Vehicle crime 118
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LU2 9 residents
- 12,333
Age bands in LU2 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.5%
2,445 residents
1,387 residents
3,567 residents
3,063 residents
1,634 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
14
within 5 km straight-line
LARKSIDE PRACTICE
322 CRAWLEY GREEN ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9SB
ODS code E81026
287 m
DR PS BATH'S PRACTICE
49 ASHCROFT ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9AU
ODS code E81617
2.1 km
STOPSLEY VILLAGE PRACTICE
26 ASHCROFT ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9AU
ODS code E81006
2.1 km
THE TOWN CENTRE PRACTICE
14-16 CHAPEL STREET, LUTON, LU1 2SE
ODS code Y02463
3.5 km
CASTLE MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE
27 CASTLE STREET, LUTON, LU1 3AG
ODS code E81013
3.5 km
THE MEDICI MEDICAL PRACTICE
3 WINDSOR STREET, LUTON, LU1 3UA
ODS code E81073
3.8 km
LEA VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
9 MERSEY PLACE, LIVERPOOL ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1HH
ODS code E81032
3.8 km
MALZEARD ROAD PRACTICE
2A MALZEARD ROAD, LUTON, LU3 1BD
ODS code E81631
3.8 km
BUTE HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
GROVE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1RW
ODS code E81048
3.9 km
THE BLENHEIM MEDICAL CENTRE
9 BLENHEIM CRESCENT, LUTON, LU3 1HA
ODS code E81028
4.0 km
BELL HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
163 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1BW
ODS code E81005
4.0 km
WOODLAND AVENUE PRACTICE
30 WOODLAND AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 1RW
ODS code E81018
4.6 km
CONWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code E81063
5.0 km
KINGSWAY & BRAMINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSWAY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code Y02332
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Weldon Close
BCT · Wigmore Park
- 0.1 miles
Colwell Court
BCT · Wigmore Park
- 0.1 miles
Laxton Close
BCT · Wigmore Park
- 0.1 miles
Laxton Close
BCT · Wigmore Park
- 0.2 miles
ASDA
BCT · Wigmore
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Luton 014D, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
19,969 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
1,661 published events cover 12 months, averaging 138.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 435 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.