Schools
86 open schools are in scope, including 51 primary and 12 secondary schools. Waulud Primary School is the nearest published school at 551 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LU3 2SN
Northwell · Luton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Northwell
- Local authority
- Luton
- Constituency
- Luton North
- Postcode district
- LU3
- Postcode sector
- LU3 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU3 2SN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU3
- Postcode sector
- LU3 2
- Latitude
- 51.908911
- Longitude
- -0.456095
- British National Grid easting
- 506,300
- British National Grid northing
- 224,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Luton · E06000032
- Electoral ward
- Northwell · E05014746
- Parish or community
- E43000027
- Westminster constituency
- Luton North · E14001345
- Output area
- E00079884
- Lower layer super output area
- Luton 002A · E01015801
- Middle layer super output area
- Luton 002 · E02003259
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
- 86
- Primary
- 51
- Secondary
- 12
- 551 m
Waulud Primary School
Community school
- 748 m
The Meads Primary School
Community school
- 904 m
Beechwood Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,354
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,457
- Anti social behaviour 369
- Criminal damage and arson 285
- Vehicle crime 258
- Public order 240
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LU3 2 residents
- 16,320
Age bands in LU3 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.9%
3,217 residents
1,787 residents
4,189 residents
3,769 residents
2,632 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
27
within 5 km straight-line
DR WHM MATTA'S PRACTICE
37A LINDEN ROAD, LUTON, LU4 9QZ
ODS code E81010
774 m
NEVILLE ROAD SURGERY
5 NEVILLE ROAD, LUTON, LU3 2JG
ODS code E81633
942 m
GARDENIA PRACTICE
2A GARDENIA AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 2NS
ODS code E81041
1.1 km
SUNDON MEDICAL CENTRE
SUNDON PARK HC, 142-144 SUNDON PARK ROAD, SUNDON PARK, LUTON, LU3 3AH
ODS code E81040
1.1 km
DRS MIRZA SUKHANI & PARTNERS
THE SURGERY, 30 THE GREEN, HOCKWELL RING, LUTON, LU4 9NN
ODS code E81612
1.2 km
THE OAKLEY SURGERY
ADDINGTON WAY, LUTON, LU4 9FJ
ODS code E81025
1.3 km
BARTON HILLS MEDICAL GROUP
THE SURGERY, WHITEHORSE VALE, BARTON HILLS, LUTON, LU3 4AD
ODS code E81632
1.8 km
LISTER HOUSE SURGERY
473-475 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8DG
ODS code E81016
1.9 km
WOODLAND AVENUE PRACTICE
30 WOODLAND AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 1RW
ODS code E81018
2.1 km
DR DV SHAH'S PRACTICE
PASTURES WAY, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0PF
ODS code E81076
2.3 km
CONWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code E81063
2.4 km
KINGSWAY & BRAMINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSWAY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code Y02332
2.4 km
THE BLENHEIM MEDICAL CENTRE
9 BLENHEIM CRESCENT, LUTON, LU3 1HA
ODS code E81028
2.7 km
WHEATFIELD SURGERY
60 WHEATFIELD ROAD, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0SY
ODS code E81008
3.0 km
MALZEARD ROAD PRACTICE
2A MALZEARD ROAD, LUTON, LU3 1BD
ODS code E81631
3.2 km
BELL HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
163 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1BW
ODS code E81005
3.4 km
LEA VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
9 MERSEY PLACE, LIVERPOOL ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1HH
ODS code E81032
3.8 km
BUTE HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
GROVE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1RW
ODS code E81048
3.9 km
HOUGHTON REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE
PEEL STREET, HOUGHTON REGIS, DUNSTABLE, LU5 5EZ
ODS code E81027
4.3 km
DR PS BATH'S PRACTICE
49 ASHCROFT ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9AU
ODS code E81617
4.4 km
Showing 20 of 27 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Wauluds Bank Drive
BCT · Limbury Meads
- 0.1 miles
Wauluds Bank Drive
BCT · Limbury Meads
- 0.1 miles
Leagrave Railway Station
BCT · Leagrave
- 0.2 miles
Leagrave Railway Station
BCT · Leagrave
- 0.2 miles
Leagrave Railway Station
BCT · Leagrave
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Luton 002A, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,974 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
3,354 published events cover 12 months, averaging 279.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,457 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.