LU6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Dunstable and Beecroft, 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 LU6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 3% of people in LU6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LU6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LU6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LU6 at a rate of 63.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.8 per 1,000 people across the LU postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 194 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LU6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (810), anti-social behaviour (417) and other crime (391).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LU6 was 68.7 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 LU6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LU6 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LU6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire 008C | 1,578 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 50.1% |
| Buckinghamshire 008D | 1,640 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 028A | 1,456 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 028B | 1,196 | 102.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 028C | 1,665 | 80.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 028D | 1,589 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 028E | 1,681 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 028G | 1,605 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 028H | 1,479 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 68.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 029A | 1,502 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 029B | 1,668 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 029C | 2,247 | 151.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 029D | 1,835 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 031A | 1,693 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 031B | 1,788 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 031C | 1,554 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 031D | 1,571 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 032A | 1,256 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 032B | 1,388 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 032C | 1,517 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 26.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 032D | 1,638 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 032E | 1,196 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 47.1% |
MPs for LU6
- Alex MayerLabourMP for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard66% of LU6’s postcodes
- Rachel HopkinsLabourMP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire25% of LU6’s postcodes
- Laura Kyrke-SmithLabourMP for Aylesbury9.3% of LU6’s postcodes
- Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratMP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted0.1% of LU6’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 LU64
Postcode sectors in LU64
Council1
Towns in LU61
Postcode districts next to LU67
More in the LU postcode area2
LU6 in brief
LU6 is a postcode district covering Dunstable and Beecroft, in Central Bedfordshire.
About 35,752 people lived in LU6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £375,000 in 2025 across 529 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 63.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LU6 was £375,000 in 2025.
LU6 had 34,210 usual residents at the census.
About 3% of people in LU6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LU6, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.