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Barnfield

Ward

North east Luton. About 12,931 people in 2.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 55% of people in Barnfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,350
1,480th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
55%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Barnfield compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

BarnfieldMiddle
Population20 wards, Luton · 2021
Population: every ward in Luton20 areas from 6,913 to 16,183. The middle area is 10,353. Barnfield is 12,350.
12,3508th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Luton · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Luton20 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 80.5%. Barnfield is 55.0%.
55%8th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Luton · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Luton20 areas from 94.6% to 99.9%. The middle area is 98.9%. Barnfield is 99.9%.
99.9%joint highest
Claimant rate20 wards, Luton · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Luton20 areas from 3.2% to 10.6%. The middle area is 6.6%. Barnfield is 3.4%.
3.4%2nd lowest

Is Barnfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Barnfield at a rate of 45.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 93.2 per 1,000 people across Luton.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 39 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Barnfield.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (178), anti-social behaviour (106) and other crime (75).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Luton

These figures are published for the whole of Luton, not for each ward, so they describe all of Luton and not Barnfield alone. See Luton

Average house price
£284,946
Up 0.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,732
51st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.2×
Joint 123rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
29.5
45th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Barnfield in brief

Barnfield had 12,350 usual residents at the census.

About 55% of people in Barnfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Barnfield, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Barnfield, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.