LU5 6JN

Heath & Reach · Central Bedfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Dunstable
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Postcode district
LU5
Postcode sector
LU5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LU5 6DX 747 m
LU5 6EW 814 m
LU5 6EL 822 m
LU5 6JL 836 m
LU5 6HB 853 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LU5 6JN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LU
Postcode district
LU5
Postcode sector
LU5 6
Latitude
51.933501
Longitude
-0.541931
British National Grid easting
500,341
British National Grid northing
227,113

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
Parish or community
E04011936
Output area
E00088910
Lower layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 019G · E01033827
Middle layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 019 · E02003637

Postcode source versions

Explore LU5

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
College Farm, 2, Chalgrave, Dunstable, LU5 6JN 21 November 2024 £955,000
College Farm, 1, Chalgrave, Dunstable, LU5 6JN 7 June 2024 £913,750
College Farm, 3, Chalgrave, Dunstable, LU5 6JN 17 April 2024 £1,125,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Toddington St George Church of England School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  2. Parkfields Middle School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  3. Thornhill Primary School

    Community school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
168
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 77
  • Anti social behaviour 31
  • Public order 16
  • Vehicle crime 12
  • Other theft 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

13 female, 9 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.7
LU5 6 residents
8,707

Age bands in LU5 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.3%

1,618 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

887 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.5%

2,255 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

2,438 residents

Age 65 and over
18.7%

1,653 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LU5 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
60%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
60%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
60%
Gigabit-capable
60%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • TODDINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    LUTON ROAD, TODDINGTON, DUNSTABLE, LU5 6DE

    ODS code E81034

    1.6 km

  • HOUGHTON REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE

    PEEL STREET, HOUGHTON REGIS, DUNSTABLE, LU5 5EZ

    ODS code E81027

    3.5 km

  • WHEATFIELD SURGERY

    60 WHEATFIELD ROAD, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0SY

    ODS code E81008

    4.5 km

  • PRIORY GARDENS SURGERY

    GROVE VIEW INTEGRATED, COURT DRIVE, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4JD

    ODS code E81014

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • The Plough Inn

    BCT · Wingfield

    0.5 miles
  • The Plough Inn

    BCT · Wingfield

    0.5 miles
  • Mount Pleasant Avenue

    BCT · Toddington

    0.5 miles
  • Bradford Way

    BCT · Toddington

    0.6 miles
  • Chalgrove Memorial Hall

    BCT · Tebworth

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 019G, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,354 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £945,000 from 4 recorded sales in LU5 6JN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Central Bedfordshire is £356,453 in June 2026, up 2.9% year on year.

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Toddington St George Church of England School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

168 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 77 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.