5,098
Households
White Brit. · 30%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
96 · 7.8 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£250,136
Median property price
184
Postcodes
Overview of High Town
Coordinates51.8876, -0.4121
Postcodes
184
Population (Census)
12,315
Households (Census)
5,098
Recorded crime · May '26
96 · 7.8 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for High Town
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.96 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.96 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in High Town
Property sales · High Town
HM Land Registry · High Town
Average price
£249,217
YoY: +0.5%
Median price: £250,900
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 3 sales · avg £358,166
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£358k£268k£178k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in High Town
Crime trends · High Town
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
382511
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
31
YoY -18%
ASB
28164
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
28
YoY +100%
Vehicle Crime
16103
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
11
YoY +22%
Burglary
1691
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY -83%
Criminal damage
1481
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
6
YoY -40%
Demographics in High Town
Ethnicity
White Brit.30.0%
Other White24.6%
Pakistani6.9%
African6.8%
Bangladeshi6.0%
+ 10 other groups · 25.5%
Religion
Christian46.8%
No religion22.4%
Muslim18.9%
Not answered6.6%
Hindu3.0%
+ other · 2.3%
Age groups
35–4923.6%
25–3421.0%
50–6414.2%
20–249.1%
≤47.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 24.4%
Households
Other26.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.6%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.7%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over8.3%
Cohabiting couple family: No children7.1%
+ 8 other households · 35.6%
Schools in High Town
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Richmond Hill School
Luton · LU2 7JL
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 5–11
St Matthew's Primary School
Luton · LU2 0NJ
Good
0.1 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Lime Academy Hartwell
Luton · LU2 0EZ
0.2 mi
Secondary with sixth formStateAges 11–19
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in High Town
Postcodes in High Town
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