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All 1,329 roads with at least five homes, ranked by the LocationShark road score: mostly home values, the rest what's within reach against roads of similar value, with points off only where a road is noticeably worse. How the score works · About Luton.
Every road with at least five homes gets a score out of 100, compared with the other roads in its council.
The road's typical home value today, ranked against every road in the council. Pricier roads generally score higher: price is the clearest sign of what people value about a place.
What is within reach, judged only against roads of similar value (the council's roads in ten price bands), so a road competes with roads like it:
| Transport | 30% | A rail or other station within walking distance (best 250 m to 1 km away; right next to one counts for less) and a bus stop with 4+ buses an hour |
|---|---|---|
| Shops and cafés | 25% | A supermarket within 400 m and a café within 300 m score full marks, fading to nothing at about a 20-minute walk |
| Top schools | 25% | A state primary and a state secondary in the top quarter for results nearby |
| Leisure | 20% | A gym, sports centre or pool, a park and a golf course |
+4 within 500 m of a bathing beach, +2 within 1.5 km.
An ordinary road loses nothing. Points come off only past a clear threshold:
| Crime | up to 8 | Only on roads in the worst tenth nationally for crimes per 100 homes |
|---|---|---|
| Noise | up to 6 | Road, rail and aircraft noise together above 55 dB: half a point for each decibel over |
| Road safety | up to 4 | Only on roads in the worst tenth nationally for injury collisions for their length |
| Air | up to 3 | Nitrogen dioxide in the neighbourhood above 15 µg/m³ |
Distances are measured from the road's postcodes and weighted by where its homes are. Sources: HM Land Registry; police.uk; Department for Transport road casualties; Defra noise maps and air quality; NaPTAN and bus timetables; OpenStreetMap; Food Standards Agency; Department for Education school results; Environment Agency bathing waters.
New Town Street, LU1 scores 23 and ranks 44 of 69 roads in New Town, and 1,151 of 1,329 across the council. ·
Your road
Top 10 as listedLines join the road's postcodes, so they show where a road is rather than its exact course.
| Road | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Capability Green, LU1New Town · price band 10 | 4 | 93 | £2.37m | 73 | 85 | 43 | 91 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 22 |
| Durler Gardens, LU1New Town · price band 10 | 7 | 92 | £602k | 76 | 88 | 41 | 93 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | 72 | 0 | – | 0 | 7 |
| Cherry Gate Gardens, LU1On the upNew Town · price band 10 | 25 | 89 | £627k | 63 | 91 | 64 | 98 | 65 | – | – | – | – | – | 69 | 10 | – | 0 | 10 |
| Latimer Road, LU1New Town · price band 10 | 31 | 88 | £739k | 57 | 98 | 87 | 96 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 81 | – | 0 | 21 |
| St Pauls Gardens, LU1New Town · price band 10 | 35 | 88 | £465k | 79 | 91 | 68 | 100 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | 62 | 0 | – | 0 | 5 |
| Ludlow Avenue, LU1New Town · price band 10 | 40 | 87 | £817k | 49 | 82 | 33 | 88 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 38.2 | – | 0 | 55 |
| Whitehill Avenue, LU1On the upNew Town · price band 10 | 60 | 85 | £613k | 48 | 86 | 27 | 93 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 5.8 | – | 5 | 52 |
| Parkland Drive, LU1New Town · price band 10 | 85 | 84 | £459k | 61 | 92 | 48 | 90 | 76 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 23.1 | – | 0 | 26 |
| Holmfield Close, LU1New Town · price band 10 | 122 | 82 | £472k | 52 | 86 | 36 | 91 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | 57 | 71.4 | – | 0 | 7 |
| Old Orchard, LU1On the upNew Town · price band 10 | 126 | 82 | £454k | 55 | 90 | 54 | 95 | 73 | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 50 | – | 0 | 12 |
| West Hill Road, LU1New Town · price band 9 | 145 | 81 | £428k | 61 | 80 | 34 | 100 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | 65 | 0 | – | 1 | 60 |
| Sutherland Place, LU1New Town · price band 9 | 231 | 76 | £388k | 56 | 86 | 24 | 97 | 87 | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 26.3 | – | 0 | 38 |
| Cutenhoe Road, LU1New Town · price band 9 | 245 | 75 | £408k | 45 | 83 | 64 | 99 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | 44 | 11.2 | – | 4 | 242 |
| Alton Road, LU1On the upNew Town · price band 7 | 505 | 60 | £327k | 56 | 83 | 83 | 100 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | 66 | 31.4 | – | 0 | 51 |
| Sackville Road, LU1On the upNew Town · price band 7 | 522 | 59 | £326k | 53 | 96 | 63 | 94 | 89 | – | – | – | – | – | 69 | 69.2 | – | 0 | 13 |
| Osborne Road, LU1New Town · price band 6 | 565 | 57 | £313k | 65 | 88 | 51 | 99 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | 55 | 0 | – | 1 | 16 |
| Seymour Road, LU1New Town · price band 5 | 653 | 52 | £304k | 60 | 83 | 69 | 99 | 71 | – | – | – | – | – | 75 | 18.2 | – | 0 | 99 |
| Strathmore Avenue, LU1New Town · price band 5 | 703 | 49 | £301k | 54 | 83 | 61 | 100 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | 66 | 10.9 | – | 1 | 129 |
| Hillborough Road, LU1Hidden gemOn the upNew Town · price band 4 | 744 | 47 | £285k | 72 | 86 | 27 | 93 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | 77 | 8.6 | – | 0 | 70 |
| Seymour Avenue, LU1New Town · price band 4 | 833 | 41 | £286k | 48 | 77 | 75 | 99 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | 72 | 275 | – | 0 | 8 |
| Tennyson Road, LU1New Town · price band 4 | 836 | 41 | £285k | 50 | 72 | 41 | 100 | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | 8.1 | – | 3 | 136 |
| Farley Hill, LU1New Town · price band 4 | 882 | 39 | £274k | 57 | 74 | 10 | 91 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | 81 | 0 | – | 12 | 149 |
| St Pauls Road, LU1Hidden gemNew Town · price band 3 | 888 | 39 | £265k | 72 | 62 | 46 | 99 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | 79 | 0 | – | 0 | 68 |
| Blyth Place, LU1Hidden gemNew Town · price band 3 | 911 | 38 | £253k | 84 | 88 | 40 | 84 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | 93 | 0 | – | 0 | 21 |
| Gladstone Avenue, LU1Hidden gemNew Town · price band 3 | 928 | 37 | £251k | 81 | 78 | 74 | 98 | 92 | – | – | – | – | – | 93 | 0 | – | 0 | 15 |
| Russell Rise, LU1Hidden gemOn the upNew Town · price band 3 | 960 | 35 | £245k | 78 | 77 | 32 | 85 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | 87 | 0 | – | 0 | 84 |
| London Road, LU1On the upNew Town · price band 3 | 1,000 | 32 | £261k | 51 | 50 | 22 | 91 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | 82 | 0.9 | – | 18 | 229 |
| Harcourt Street, LU1New Town · price band 3 | 1,035 | 30 | £252k | 54 | 65 | 66 | 96 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | 82 | 8.2 | – | 1 | 147 |
| Castle Street, LU1New Town · price band 3 | 1,044 | 29 | £259k | 40 | 79 | 59 | 89 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | 43 | 38.2 | – | 10 | 131 |
| Adelaide Street, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,056 | 29 | £224k | 73 | 76 | 53 | 97 | 86 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | – | 3 | 37 |
| Baker Street, LU1On the upNew Town · price band 2 | 1,066 | 28 | £238k | 56 | 53 | 53 | 88 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | 84 | 12.7 | – | 0 | 126 |
| Holly Street, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,086 | 27 | £219k | 67 | 87 | 53 | 78 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | 61 | 9.4 | – | 0 | 117 |
| Robin Hood Mews, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,089 | 27 | £206k | 76 | 78 | 53 | 99 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | – | 0 | 9 |
| Langley Terrace Industrial Park, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,090 | 27 | £194k | 80 | 70 | 51 | 92 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 |
| Ashton Road, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,100 | 26 | £222k | 61 | 62 | 38 | 83 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | 78 | 7.6 | – | 0 | 132 |
| Ormsby Close, LU1New Town · price band 3 | 1,105 | 25 | £245k | 39 | 50 | 19 | 99 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 142.3 | – | 0 | 26 |
| Cambridge Street, LU1On the upNew Town · price band 2 | 1,118 | 25 | £219k | 60 | 54 | 53 | 98 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | 88 | 8 | – | 0 | 112 |
| Oxford Road, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,121 | 25 | £187k | 76 | 70 | 51 | 83 | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 59 |
| Cowper Street, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,126 | 24 | £236k | 44 | 55 | 47 | 93 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | 81 | 16.3 | – | 1 | 208 |
| May Street, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,137 | 24 | £218k | 58 | 52 | 53 | 93 | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | 74 | 11.3 | – | 0 | 80 |
| Hibbert Street, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,138 | 24 | £214k | 61 | 85 | 53 | 79 | 58 | – | – | – | – | – | 91 | 16.3 | – | 0 | 86 |
| Flowers Industrial Estate, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,144 | 24 | £180k | 78 | 70 | 51 | 96 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 |
| Arthur Street, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,150 | 23 | £225k | 47 | 75 | 53 | 72 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | 79 | 66 | – | 0 | 50 |
| New Town Street, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,151 | 23 | £225k | 50 | 59 | 53 | 99 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | 87 | 29.2 | – | 0 | 48 |
| Surrey Street, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,152 | 23 | £224k | 50 | 72 | 53 | 100 | 54 | – | – | – | – | – | 88 | 50 | – | 0 | 40 |
| Tavistock Street, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,154 | 23 | £218k | 53 | 78 | 43 | 66 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | 74 | 27.4 | – | 0 | 84 |
| The Foundry, LU1Hidden gemNew Town · price band 1 | 1,161 | 23 | £184k | 71 | 49 | 51 | 68 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | 90 | 0 | – | 0 | 6 |
| Princess Street, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,181 | 22 | £178k | 69 | 70 | 51 | 76 | 88 | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 22.4 | – | 0 | 85 |
| South Road, LU1On the upNew Town · price band 1 | 1,195 | 21 | £184k | 62 | 64 | 33 | 45 | 59 | – | – | – | – | – | 53 | 7.8 | – | 0 | 64 |
| Tavistock Crescent, LU1New Town · price band 2 | 1,199 | 20 | £217k | 43 | 60 | 33 | 79 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | 90 | 95 | – | 0 | 40 |
| Somersby Close, LU1On the upNew Town · price band 1 | 1,218 | 19 | £196k | 49 | 25 | 20 | 95 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 19.1 | – | 0 | 47 |
| Albert Road, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,231 | 18 | £196k | 43 | 41 | 36 | 62 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | 93 | 15.7 | – | 1 | 70 |
| Chase Street, LU1On the upNew Town · price band 1 | 1,237 | 18 | £181k | 54 | 36 | 51 | 77 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | 49 | 20 | – | 0 | 20 |
| Union Street, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,238 | 18 | £175k | 54 | 70 | 51 | 72 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | 100 | 64.1 | – | 0 | 64 |
| Hastings Street, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,253 | 17 | £181k | 49 | 56 | 37 | 55 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | 87 | 10.4 | – | 5 | 96 |
| Park Street West, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,257 | 17 | £151k | 60 | 43 | 28 | 64 | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | 44 | 0 | – | 1 | 28 |
| Alpine Terrace, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,260 | 17 | £93k | 68 | 51 | 27 | 46 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | 0 | – | 0 | 20 |
| Elizabeth Street, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,270 | 16 | £165k | 48 | 70 | 41 | 54 | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | 94 | 260.9 | – | 0 | 23 |
| Lawn Gardens, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,271 | 16 | £164k | 51 | 38 | 23 | 54 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | 98 | 24.5 | – | 0 | 49 |
| Brecon Close, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,284 | 15 | £154k | 50 | 59 | 24 | 48 | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | 90 | 60 | – | 0 | 20 |
| Downs Road, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,289 | 15 | £144k | 55 | 31 | 14 | 88 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | 97 | 15.7 | – | 1 | 344 |
| Dumfries Street, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,293 | 15 | £83k | 57 | 70 | 51 | 67 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 4.1 | – | 8 | 638 |
| Buxton Road, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,296 | 14 | £157k | 46 | 54 | 51 | 86 | 90 | – | – | – | – | – | 67 | 30.7 | – | 2 | 88 |
| Windsor Walk, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,301 | 14 | £135k | 54 | 70 | 51 | 57 | 82 | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 83.3 | – | 0 | 24 |
| Napier Road, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,308 | 13 | £140k | 46 | 45 | 51 | 96 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | 81 | 40.3 | – | 1 | 124 |
| Stockwood Crescent, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,314 | 12 | £161k | 37 | 49 | 28 | 49 | 57 | – | – | – | – | – | 95 | 23.4 | – | 3 | 94 |
| Chapel Street, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,317 | 12 | £80k | 49 | 70 | 50 | 69 | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | 85 | 14.4 | – | 4 | 222 |
| Ruthin Close, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,325 | 11 | £68k | 45 | 35 | 18 | 51 | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | 78 | 35.9 | – | 0 | 64 |
| Windsor Street, LU1New Town · price band 1 | 1,326 | 10 | £127k | 39 | 70 | 31 | 48 | 67 | – | – | – | – | – | 82 | 44.2 | – | 4 | 104 |
Click a column heading to sort by it (again to reverse). Quality and its four parts compare each road only with roads in the same price band in the council, so 100 means the best of roads like it. Crime, Noise, Road safety and Air are points off, only where a road is noticeably worse than normal. Hidden gem: in the top 30% of its price band for quality, cheaper per m² than most roads of similar quality (good value 70+), and outside the council's priciest fifth of roads. On the up: crime on the road down by a third or more on the year before (from at least 4 crimes), in a neighbourhood whose values rose faster than the council's last year. A road through two neighbourhoods is listed once, under the one with more of its homes.