LU postcode area: Luton

The LU postcode area is known as the Luton area. It is every postcode that begins LU followed by a number. It has 7 districts and 6,464 postcodes in use, across 6 councils.

Homes in the LU area sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £298,000 in LU1 (Luton) to £365,000 in LU7 (Leighton Buzzard).

For the town itself, see Luton postcodes.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources

Typical price £335,000 Homes sold in the LU area, last 12 months. ▼ 2% on the year before Cheapest to dearest district £298,000 to £365,000 LU1 (Luton) to LU7 (Leighton Buzzard) Gigabit broadband 4,977 of 6,215 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 288 of 6,464 postcodes in England have a home or business at risk; 868 homes and businesses at high or medium risk

Where it is

Latitude 51.8969

Longitude -0.5034

This is the middle of the postcodes in the LU area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it

What do homes cost in the LU area?

Homes in the LU area sold for a typical £335,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 3,312 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£335,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

12 months to August 2025: £342,000
12 months to August 2026: £335,000

▼ down 2% on the 12 months before

Detached£505,000 683 sales

Semi-detached£352,500 1,256 sales

Terraced£299,500 926 sales

Flat or maisonette£175,000 447 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

7 districts 6,464 postcodes in use 10 places 6 councils

How many postcodes are there in the UK?

How do the LU districts compare?

A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.

Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them

One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.

Places in the LU area

Towns and villages with postcodes in the LU area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.

Luton£320,000 Leighton Buzzard£343,500 Dunstable£322,000 Houghton Regis£307,500 Toddington£400,000 Eaton Bray and Edlesborough£525,000 Pitstone£460,000 Wing£375,000 Caddington£408,000 Harlington£406,000 All places A to Z

Councils in the LU area

How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.

Luton3,231 postcodes
Central Bedfordshire2,711 postcodes
Buckinghamshire451 postcodes
North Hertfordshire64 postcodes
Dacorum5 postcodes
St Albans2 postcodes

What council am I in?

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The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.

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