Luton
8 datasets are currently published for Luton. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Luton compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 14th of 361 (43.3 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: ranked 141st of 318 (£305,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 85th of 132 (17.7%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Luton: 10,235, July 2026 (-6.7% year on year, from 10,970). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Luton: 101.3, June 2026 (+2.8% year on year, from 98.5). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Luton: £305,000, Q2 2026 (+1.7% year on year, from £300,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Luton: 17.7%, 2024/25 (-1.2 percentage points year on year, from 18.9%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Luton: 4, Q1 2026 (-42.9% year on year, from 7). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Luton: 236,380, 2025 (-0.7% year on year, from 238,047). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Luton: 354, 2025 (-5.6% year on year, from 375). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
Awarded contracts by local authority:
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