Property market
The five-year median is £297,000 from 10 recorded sales in LU4 9SH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Luton is £289,790 in June 2026, up 2.9% year on year.
LU4 9SH
Challney · Luton · England
Updated September 2026
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Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU4 9SH
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU4
- Postcode sector
- LU4 9
- Latitude
- 51.897271
- Longitude
- -0.457120
- British National Grid easting
- 506,257
- British National Grid northing
- 223,204
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Luton · E06000032
- Electoral ward
- Challney · E05014740
- Parish or community
- E43000027
- Westminster constituency
- Luton North · E14001345
- Output area
- E00079471
- Lower layer super output area
- Luton 011A · E01015711
- Middle layer super output area
- Luton 011 · E02003268
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 LU4
Property
73 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 137, Chester Avenue, Luton, LU4 9SH | 28 January 2026 | £350,000 |
| 127, Chester Avenue, Luton, LU4 9SH | 3 September 2025 | £295,000 |
| 122, Chester Avenue, Luton, LU4 9SH | 7 February 2025 | £309,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 98
- Primary
- 59
- Secondary
- 14
- 393 m
Beechwood Primary School
Community school
- 749 m
Challney High School for Boys
Academy converter
- 753 m
Challney High School for Girls
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,825
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,631
- Anti social behaviour 402
- Criminal damage and arson 339
- Vehicle crime 307
- Public order 286
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 209
- Postcode households
- 53
- Residents per household
- 3.9
- LU4 9 residents
- 22,068
105 female, 104 male
Age bands in LU4 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.1%
5,295 residents
2,962 residents
6,253 residents
4,897 residents
2,661 residents
This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LU4 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
29
within 5 km
DR WHM MATTA'S PRACTICE
37A LINDEN ROAD, LUTON, LU4 9QZ
ODS code E81010
531 m
THE OAKLEY SURGERY
ADDINGTON WAY, LUTON, LU4 9FJ
ODS code E81025
689 m
LISTER HOUSE SURGERY
473-475 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8DG
ODS code E81016
705 m
GARDENIA PRACTICE
2A GARDENIA AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 2NS
ODS code E81041
852 m
DRS MIRZA SUKHANI & PARTNERS
THE SURGERY, 30 THE GREEN, HOCKWELL RING, LUTON, LU4 9NN
ODS code E81612
1.3 km
CONWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code E81063
1.4 km
KINGSWAY & BRAMINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSWAY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code Y02332
1.4 km
NEVILLE ROAD SURGERY
5 NEVILLE ROAD, LUTON, LU3 2JG
ODS code E81633
1.4 km
WOODLAND AVENUE PRACTICE
30 WOODLAND AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 1RW
ODS code E81018
1.4 km
DR DV SHAH'S PRACTICE
PASTURES WAY, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0PF
ODS code E81076
2.1 km
THE BLENHEIM MEDICAL CENTRE
9 BLENHEIM CRESCENT, LUTON, LU3 1HA
ODS code E81028
2.1 km
SUNDON MEDICAL CENTRE
SUNDON PARK HC, 142-144 SUNDON PARK ROAD, SUNDON PARK, LUTON, LU3 3AH
ODS code E81040
2.1 km
MALZEARD ROAD PRACTICE
2A MALZEARD ROAD, LUTON, LU3 1BD
ODS code E81631
2.5 km
BELL HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
163 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1BW
ODS code E81005
2.5 km
BARTON HILLS MEDICAL GROUP
THE SURGERY, WHITEHORSE VALE, BARTON HILLS, LUTON, LU3 4AD
ODS code E81632
2.9 km
LEA VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
9 MERSEY PLACE, LIVERPOOL ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1HH
ODS code E81032
2.9 km
WHEATFIELD SURGERY
60 WHEATFIELD ROAD, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0SY
ODS code E81008
2.9 km
BUTE HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
GROVE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1RW
ODS code E81048
3.0 km
THE TOWN CENTRE PRACTICE
14-16 CHAPEL STREET, LUTON, LU1 2SE
ODS code Y02463
3.6 km
CADDINGTON SURGERY
33 MANOR ROAD, CADDINGTON, LUTON, LU1 4EE
ODS code E81069
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 29 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Pembroke Avenue
BCT · Leagrave
- 0.1 miles
Chester Avenue
BCT · Leagrave
- 0.1 miles
Pembroke Avenue
BCT · Leagrave
- 0.1 miles
Chester Avenue
BCT · Leagrave
- 0.1 miles
Juniper Close
BCT · Challney
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Luton 011A, 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
8,958 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 6 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 3
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Schools
98 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 14 secondary schools. Beechwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 393 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,825 published events cover 12 months, averaging 318.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,631 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.