Schools
89 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 14 secondary schools. Denbigh Primary School is the nearest published school at 217 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LU3 1BJ
Biscot · Luton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Biscot
- Local authority
- Luton
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Postcode district
- LU3
- Postcode sector
- LU3 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU3 1BJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU3
- Postcode sector
- LU3 1
- Latitude
- 51.893306
- Longitude
- -0.431925
- British National Grid easting
- 508,000
- British National Grid northing
- 222,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Luton · E06000032
- Electoral ward
- Biscot · E05014737
- Parish or community
- E43000027
- Westminster constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire · E14001346
- Output area
- E00079421
- Lower layer super output area
- Luton 010B · E01015701
- Middle layer super output area
- Luton 010 · E02003267
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 LU3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 89
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 14
- 217 m
Denbigh Primary School
Community school
- 317 m
Active Support Education Centre
Other independent special school
- 487 m
Jamiatul Uloom Al - Islamia
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,528
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,113
- Anti social behaviour 604
- Shoplifting 502
- Vehicle crime 407
- Criminal damage and arson 377
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LU3 1 residents
- 24,467
Age bands in LU3 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 25.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 15.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 8.7%
6,157 residents
3,709 residents
7,290 residents
4,675 residents
2,072 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
25
within 5 km straight-line
THE BLENHEIM MEDICAL CENTRE
9 BLENHEIM CRESCENT, LUTON, LU3 1HA
ODS code E81028
306 m
WOODLAND AVENUE PRACTICE
30 WOODLAND AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 1RW
ODS code E81018
365 m
MALZEARD ROAD PRACTICE
2A MALZEARD ROAD, LUTON, LU3 1BD
ODS code E81631
775 m
CONWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code E81063
776 m
KINGSWAY & BRAMINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSWAY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code Y02332
776 m
BELL HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
163 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1BW
ODS code E81005
1.1 km
GARDENIA PRACTICE
2A GARDENIA AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 2NS
ODS code E81041
1.3 km
LISTER HOUSE SURGERY
473-475 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8DG
ODS code E81016
1.4 km
LEA VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
9 MERSEY PLACE, LIVERPOOL ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1HH
ODS code E81032
1.4 km
BUTE HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
GROVE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1RW
ODS code E81048
1.6 km
NEVILLE ROAD SURGERY
5 NEVILLE ROAD, LUTON, LU3 2JG
ODS code E81633
1.6 km
DR WHM MATTA'S PRACTICE
37A LINDEN ROAD, LUTON, LU4 9QZ
ODS code E81010
2.0 km
THE TOWN CENTRE PRACTICE
14-16 CHAPEL STREET, LUTON, LU1 2SE
ODS code Y02463
2.1 km
CASTLE MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE
27 CASTLE STREET, LUTON, LU1 3AG
ODS code E81013
2.3 km
THE MEDICI MEDICAL PRACTICE
3 WINDSOR STREET, LUTON, LU1 3UA
ODS code E81073
2.3 km
THE OAKLEY SURGERY
ADDINGTON WAY, LUTON, LU4 9FJ
ODS code E81025
2.5 km
DR PS BATH'S PRACTICE
49 ASHCROFT ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9AU
ODS code E81617
2.7 km
STOPSLEY VILLAGE PRACTICE
26 ASHCROFT ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9AU
ODS code E81006
2.7 km
BARTON HILLS MEDICAL GROUP
THE SURGERY, WHITEHORSE VALE, BARTON HILLS, LUTON, LU3 4AD
ODS code E81632
3.0 km
DRS MIRZA SUKHANI & PARTNERS
THE SURGERY, 30 THE GREEN, HOCKWELL RING, LUTON, LU4 9NN
ODS code E81612
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 25 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Blenheim Crescent
BCT · Biscot
- 0.1 miles
Blenheim Crescent
BCT · Biscot
- 0.1 miles
Kennington Road
BCT · Biscot
- 0.2 miles
Kennington Road
BCT · Biscot
- 0.2 miles
Saxon Road
BCT · Biscot
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Luton 010B, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
3,932 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
5,528 published events cover 12 months, averaging 460.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,113 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.