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Leagrave

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North west Luton. About 10,369 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 98% of people in Leagrave live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,203
2,377th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
98%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Leagrave compares

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

LeagraveMiddle
Population20 wards, Luton · 2021
Population: every ward in Luton20 areas from 6,913 to 16,183. The middle area is 10,353. Leagrave is 10,203.
10,20310th least 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%. Leagrave is 98.0%.
98%7th most 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%. Leagrave is 99.6%.
99.6%joint 5th 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%. Leagrave is 6.7%.
6.7%joint 8th highest

Is Leagrave safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Leagrave at a rate of 65.8 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, 65 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Leagrave.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (313), other crime (146) and anti-social behaviour (112).

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 Leagrave 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
Leagrave in brief

Leagrave had 10,203 usual residents at the census.

About 98% of people in Leagrave live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Leagrave, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Leagrave, 6.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.