High Town Area Guide | £253k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
12,315
Households
5,098
Crimes · Jun '26
78
5,098
Households
White Brit. · 30%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
78
Crimes · Jun '26
£252,850
Median property price
184
Postcodes
5,098
Households
White Brit. · 30%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
78
Crimes · Jun '26
£252,850
Median property price
184
Postcodes

Sold prices in High Town

England & Wales
Property sales · High Town
HM Land Registry · High Town
Average price
£257,296
YoY: +1.8%
Median price: £258,500
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 3 sales · avg £244,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£322k£250k£178k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
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

England & Wales
Crime trends · High Town

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
40
YoY +33%
402611
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
11
YoY -45%
28164
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
7
YoY —
16103
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
3
YoY —
1691
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
5
YoY —
1481
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

78
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in High Town

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Luton.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Luton

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in High Town

GPs make up most of the mapped places

68 GPs · 6 Libraries · 3 Museums · 82 in all

  • GPs68
  • Libraries6
  • Museums3
  • Universities3
  • Hospitals2

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of High Town

Coordinates51.8876, -0.4121
Postcodes
184
Population (Census)
12,315
Households (Census)
5,098
Recorded crime · Jun '26
78

Demographics in High Town

Ethnicity

Total residents: 12,333
White Brit.30.0%
Other White24.6%
Pakistani6.9%
African6.8%
Bangladeshi6.0%
+ 10 other groups · 25.5%

Religion

Total residents: 12,315
Christian46.8%
No religion22.4%
Muslim18.9%
Not answered6.6%
Hindu3.0%
+ other · 2.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 12,315
35–4923.6%
25–3421.0%
50–6414.2%
20–249.1%
≤47.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 24.4%

Households

Total households: 5,098
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%

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 3.19 (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 3.19 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in High Town