Schools
67 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 9 secondary schools. Stannard School is the nearest published school at 583 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LU5 4DZ
Dunstable East · Central Bedfordshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Dunstable East
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Postcode district
- LU5
- Postcode sector
- LU5 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU5 4DZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1997
- Terminated
- 1 January 2001
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU5
- Postcode sector
- LU5 4
- Latitude
- 51.886544
- Longitude
- -0.502343
- British National Grid easting
- 503,170
- British National Grid northing
- 221,946
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
- Electoral ward
- Dunstable East · E05014404
- Parish or community
- E04012806
- Westminster constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard · E14001206
- Output area
- E00088749
- Lower layer super output area
- Central Bedfordshire 027C · E01017584
- Middle layer super output area
- Central Bedfordshire 027 · E02003645
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore LU5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 67
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 9
- 583 m
Stannard School
Other independent special school
- 663 m
St. Augustine's Academy
Academy converter
- 692 m
Hadrian Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,391
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 792
- Shoplifting 281
- Anti social behaviour 259
- Other theft 184
- Vehicle crime 181
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LU5 4 residents
- 14,795
Age bands in LU5 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.7%
2,727 residents
1,494 residents
4,232 residents
3,679 residents
2,439 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
19
within 5 km straight-line
KINGSBURY COURT SURGERY
CHURCH STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4RS
ODS code E81045
1.1 km
EASTGATE SURGERY
EASTGATE HOUSE, 28-34 CHURCH STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4RU
ODS code E81635
1.2 km
PRIORY GARDENS SURGERY
GROVE VIEW INTEGRATED, COURT DRIVE, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4JD
ODS code E81014
1.5 km
WEST STREET SURGERY
89 WEST STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU6 1SF
ODS code E81009
1.6 km
KIRBY ROAD SURGERY
58 KIRBY ROAD, DUNSTABLE, LU6 3JH
ODS code E81052
1.7 km
WHEATFIELD SURGERY
60 WHEATFIELD ROAD, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0SY
ODS code E81008
1.9 km
DR DV SHAH'S PRACTICE
PASTURES WAY, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0PF
ODS code E81076
2.0 km
HOUGHTON REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE
PEEL STREET, HOUGHTON REGIS, DUNSTABLE, LU5 5EZ
ODS code E81027
2.4 km
THE OAKLEY SURGERY
ADDINGTON WAY, LUTON, LU4 9FJ
ODS code E81025
2.9 km
DRS MIRZA SUKHANI & PARTNERS
THE SURGERY, 30 THE GREEN, HOCKWELL RING, LUTON, LU4 9NN
ODS code E81612
2.9 km
DR WHM MATTA'S PRACTICE
37A LINDEN ROAD, LUTON, LU4 9QZ
ODS code E81010
3.5 km
LISTER HOUSE SURGERY
473-475 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8DG
ODS code E81016
3.5 km
SUNDON MEDICAL CENTRE
SUNDON PARK HC, 142-144 SUNDON PARK ROAD, SUNDON PARK, LUTON, LU3 3AH
ODS code E81040
3.9 km
CADDINGTON SURGERY
33 MANOR ROAD, CADDINGTON, LUTON, LU1 4EE
ODS code E81069
3.9 km
GARDENIA PRACTICE
2A GARDENIA AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 2NS
ODS code E81041
4.2 km
CONWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code E81063
4.2 km
KINGSWAY & BRAMINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSWAY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code Y02332
4.2 km
WOODLAND AVENUE PRACTICE
30 WOODLAND AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 1RW
ODS code E81018
4.6 km
NEVILLE ROAD SURGERY
5 NEVILLE ROAD, LUTON, LU3 2JG
ODS code E81633
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Liscombe Road
BCT · Dunstable
- 0.1 miles
Liscombe Road
BCT · Dunstable
- 0.2 miles
Ridgeway Avenue
BCT · Dunstable
- 0.2 miles
Jeans Way
BCT · Dunstable
- 0.2 miles
Jeans Way
BCT · Dunstable
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 027C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
7 of 10
Overall England rank
20,463 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,391 published events cover 12 months, averaging 199.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 792 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.