Crap Towns / Luton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Luton?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Luton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 115 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 115 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 147 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 90,438 | 98.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Redbourn | 10.7 km | 2.5 |
| Houghton Regis | 6.9 km | 1.1 |
| Leighton Buzzard | 16.6 km | 1.1 |
| Hemel Hempstead | 16.1 km | 1.0 |
| Flitwick | 13.3 km | 0.7 |
| Harpenden | 10.3 km | 0.7 |
| Stevenage | 16.3 km | 0.6 |
| Hitchin | 12.4 km | 0.3 |
| Dunstable | 7.4 km | 0.2 |
| Luton | – | 0.2 |
| Ampthill | 15.3 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |