Schools
60 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 9 secondary schools. The Vale Academy is the nearest published school at 709 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LU5 5XE
Houghton Regis West · Central Bedfordshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Houghton Regis West
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Postcode district
- LU5
- Postcode sector
- LU5 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU5 5XE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1995
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU5
- Postcode sector
- LU5 5
- Latitude
- 51.900537
- Longitude
- -0.507503
- British National Grid easting
- 502,783
- British National Grid northing
- 223,495
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
- Electoral ward
- Houghton Regis West · E05014413
- Parish or community
- E04012808
- Westminster constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard · E14001206
- Output area
- E00088737
- Lower layer super output area
- Central Bedfordshire 026D · E01017581
- Middle layer super output area
- Central Bedfordshire 026 · E02003644
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
- 60
- Primary
- 38
- Secondary
- 9
- 709 m
The Vale Academy
Academy converter
- 804 m
Willow Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 876 m
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,006
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,164
- Anti social behaviour 379
- Shoplifting 268
- Criminal damage and arson 225
- Public order 185
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LU5 5 residents
- 18,581
Age bands in LU5 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.1%
3,830 residents
2,055 residents
5,363 residents
4,722 residents
2,403 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 0%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
18
within 5 km
WHEATFIELD SURGERY
60 WHEATFIELD ROAD, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0SY
ODS code E81008
685 m
HOUGHTON REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE
PEEL STREET, HOUGHTON REGIS, DUNSTABLE, LU5 5EZ
ODS code E81027
975 m
PRIORY GARDENS SURGERY
GROVE VIEW INTEGRATED, COURT DRIVE, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4JD
ODS code E81014
1.4 km
DR DV SHAH'S PRACTICE
PASTURES WAY, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0PF
ODS code E81076
1.4 km
KINGSBURY COURT SURGERY
CHURCH STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4RS
ODS code E81045
1.7 km
EASTGATE SURGERY
EASTGATE HOUSE, 28-34 CHURCH STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4RU
ODS code E81635
1.8 km
WEST STREET SURGERY
89 WEST STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU6 1SF
ODS code E81009
2.2 km
KIRBY ROAD SURGERY
58 KIRBY ROAD, DUNSTABLE, LU6 3JH
ODS code E81052
2.3 km
DRS MIRZA SUKHANI & PARTNERS
THE SURGERY, 30 THE GREEN, HOCKWELL RING, LUTON, LU4 9NN
ODS code E81612
2.5 km
THE OAKLEY SURGERY
ADDINGTON WAY, LUTON, LU4 9FJ
ODS code E81025
2.8 km
SUNDON MEDICAL CENTRE
SUNDON PARK HC, 142-144 SUNDON PARK ROAD, SUNDON PARK, LUTON, LU3 3AH
ODS code E81040
3.1 km
DR WHM MATTA'S PRACTICE
37A LINDEN ROAD, LUTON, LU4 9QZ
ODS code E81010
3.4 km
LISTER HOUSE SURGERY
473-475 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8DG
ODS code E81016
4.0 km
GARDENIA PRACTICE
2A GARDENIA AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 2NS
ODS code E81041
4.2 km
NEVILLE ROAD SURGERY
5 NEVILLE ROAD, LUTON, LU3 2JG
ODS code E81633
4.5 km
CONWAY MEDICAL CENTRE
385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code E81063
4.7 km
KINGSWAY & BRAMINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
KINGSWAY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 385 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8BY
ODS code Y02332
4.7 km
WOODLAND AVENUE PRACTICE
30 WOODLAND AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 1RW
ODS code E81018
4.9 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Milton Way
BCT · Houghton Regis
- 0.2 miles
Houghton Hall Business Park
BCT · Houghton Regis
- 0.2 miles
Milton Way
BCT · Houghton Regis
- 0.2 miles
Poynters House
BCT · Lewsey Farm
- 0.2 miles
Tudor Drive
BCT · Houghton Regis
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 026D, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
13,972 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 1
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,006 published events cover 12 months, averaging 250.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,164 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.