LU5 6RD

Toddington · Central Bedfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LU5 6HE 771 m
LU5 6HP 775 m
LU5 6HS 840 m
LU5 6HR 908 m
LU5 6LX 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LU5 6RD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2015
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LU
Postcode district
LU5
Postcode sector
LU5 6
Latitude
51.954633
Longitude
-0.508313
British National Grid easting
502,604
British National Grid northing
229,510

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
Parish or community
E04011996
Westminster constituency
Mid Bedfordshire · E14001359
Output area
E00088940
Lower layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 019C · E01017620
Middle layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 019 · E02003637

Postcode source versions

Explore LU5

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Old Park Farm, Toddington, Dunstable, LU5 6RD 3 February 2015 £840,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
8
Secondary
4
  1. Harlington Lower School

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    1.7 km
  2. Parkfields Middle School

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    1.9 km
  3. Harlington Upper School

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    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
164
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 40
  • Vehicle crime 37
  • Anti social behaviour 27
  • Public order 11
  • Criminal damage and arson 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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
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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • TODDINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    LUTON ROAD, TODDINGTON, DUNSTABLE, LU5 6DE

    ODS code E81034

    1.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Poplars Garden Centre

    BCT · Toddington

    0.5 miles
  • Toddington Services

    BCT · Toddington

    0.6 miles
  • Toddington Services

    BCT · Toddington

    0.6 miles
  • Harlington Road

    BCT · Harlington

    0.6 miles
  • Harlington Road

    BCT · Harlington

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 019C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,350 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 4 secondary schools. Harlington Lower 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

164 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 40 events.

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