LU5 7AE
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Property report — LU5 7AE
Open-data due diligence for LU5 7AE and the area around it.
LU5 7AE in brief: 41 recorded sales (£240,000–£480,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for LU5 7AE itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the LU5 7 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£408,451
Population
6,393
Crimes recorded
70
Schools
21
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
100%
Sold-price trend (2021–2026)
Annual sold price in LU5 7, 2021–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (6 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-23 | £418,000 | 20 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2025-06-23 | £415,625 | 28 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2025-04-25 | £418,000 | 30 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2025-04-25 | £419,500 | 34 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2025-03-28 | £417,995 | 22 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2025-03-28 | £418,000 | 32 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2025-03-28 | £394,250 | 26 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2025-03-28 | £394,250 | 24 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2024-07-10 | £398,952 | 45 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2024-06-21 | £406,125 | 35 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2024-06-19 | £378,000 | 39 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2024-06-14 | £386,175 | 37 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2024-06-10 | £403,703 | 43 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2024-06-10 | £375,250 | 41 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2024-05-31 | £413,250 | 27 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2024-05-31 | £408,453 | 29 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2024-05-17 | £408,453 | 31 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2024-05-17 | £413,250 | 33 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2024-05-10 | £379,050 | 38 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2024-04-26 | £380,000 | 36 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2023-09-29 | £425,000 | 11 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2023-05-26 | £416,106 | 9 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2023-05-09 | £399,737 | 7 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2023-03-03 | £475,000 | 17 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2023-02-24 | £480,000 | 5 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2023-02-23 | £428,000 | 15 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2023-01-27 | £410,000 | 3 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2023-01-27 | £410,000 | 1 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2022-12-16 | £470,000 | 19 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2022-12-12 | £470,000 | 21 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2022-11-18 | £465,000 | 25 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2022-11-14 | £460,000 | 23 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2022-10-27 | £425,000 | 14 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2022-10-27 | £425,000 | 16 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
| 2022-10-14 | £460,000 | 18 LIME TREE DRIVE | Detached |
| 2022-09-22 | £240,000 | 12 LIME TREE DRIVE | Flat |
| 2022-09-16 | £248,000 | 8 LIME TREE DRIVE | Flat |
| 2022-09-15 | £240,000 | 10 LIME TREE DRIVE | Flat |
| 2022-09-02 | £242,000 | 6 LIME TREE DRIVE | Flat |
| 2022-08-31 | £250,000 | 2 LIME TREE DRIVE | Flat |
| 2022-02-25 | £445,950 | 40 LIME TREE DRIVE | Semi-detached |
41 recorded sales on LU5 7AE. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornhill Primary School | 0.2 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Houstone School | 0.4 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
| Lime Tree Primary Academy | 0.5 mi | Primary | Good (2024) |
| Chalton Lower School | 0.6 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School | 0.8 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Tithe Farm Primary School | 0.9 mi | Primary | Report card → |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: HOUGHTON REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE (1.1 mi) · WHEATFIELD SURGERY (1.1 mi) · DR DV SHAH'S PRACTICE (1.4 mi)
Nearest hospitals: LUTON AND DUNSTABLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (2.2 mi) · LUTON & DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL (2.2 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: YEW TREE FARMHOUSE (Grade II) (0.6 mi) · THE WILLOWS (Grade II) (0.6 mi) · MANOR FARMHOUSE (Grade II) (0.7 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: HOUGHTON REGIS PHARMACY (1.1 mi) · WHEATFIELD PHARMACY (1.1 mi) · TITAN PHARMACY (1.1 mi)
Nearest stations: Leagrave (2.2 mi) · Harlington (Beds) (3.0 mi) · Luton (4.7 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Lidl (0.3 mi) · Morrisons (1.3 mi) · Aldi (1.4 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 39
- One-person households
- 24%
- Households with children
- 36%
- Households
- 2,376
Owned 67% · Social rent 14% · Private rent 18%
Census 2021 (ONS), for LU5 7.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in LU5 7 (May 24–Apr 26, average 47/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for LU5 7AE in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictLU5 | SectorLU5 7 | PostcodeLU5 7AE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £436,255 | £408,451 | £398,319 |
| Population | 54,752 | 6,393 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 6/10 | 5/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 259 | 70 | — |
| Schools | 21 | — | — |
| Flood risk | High | Low | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 84% | 100% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 96% | 100% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (LU5 7); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 2 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Indicative due diligence compiled from public open data. Not a substitute for a regulated conveyancing or property search, a survey, or professional advice.