LU5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Houghton Regis, Dunstable and Toddington, in Central Bedfordshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an LU5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 15% of people in LU5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LU5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LU5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LU5 at a rate of 87.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.8 per 1,000 people across the LU postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 414 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LU5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,463), anti-social behaviour (885) and other crime (689).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LU5 was 84.8 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in LU5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LU5 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LU5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bedfordshire 017B | 1,065 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 017C | 1,222 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 019C | 1,863 | 127.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 78.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 019D | 1,496 | 114.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 019E | 1,699 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 025A | 2,055 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 025B | 1,512 | 130.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 025C | 1,541 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 025D | 2,266 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 025E | 2,232 | 102.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 026A | 2,386 | 112.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 026B | 2,020 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 026C | 2,488 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 026D | 1,848 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 026E | 1,316 | 133.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 027A | 1,510 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 027B | 1,978 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 027C | 2,103 | 148.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 027D | 1,393 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 029F | 1,711 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 70.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 029G | 1,543 | 186.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 030A | 1,689 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 030B | 1,516 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 030C | 2,316 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.2% |
MPs for LU5
- Alex MayerLabourMP for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard79% of LU5’s postcodes
- Blake StephensonConservativeMP for Mid Bedfordshire21% of LU5’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in LU55
Postcode sectors in LU54
Council1
Towns in LU53
Postcode districts next to LU57
Nearest rail stations1
More in the LU postcode area2
LU5 in brief
LU5 is a postcode district covering Houghton Regis, Dunstable and Toddington, in Central Bedfordshire.
About 48,790 people lived in LU5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £345,000 in 2025 across 776 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LU5 was £345,000 in 2025.
LU5 had 42,137 usual residents at the census.
About 15% of people in LU5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LU5, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.