Schools
50 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 7 secondary schools. Ardley Hill Academy is the nearest published school at 184 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LU6 3NJ
Dunstable West · Central Bedfordshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Dunstable West
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Postcode district
- LU6
- Postcode sector
- LU6 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU6 3NJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU6
- Postcode sector
- LU6 3
- Latitude
- 51.875487
- Longitude
- -0.513896
- British National Grid easting
- 502,400
- British National Grid northing
- 220,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
- Electoral ward
- Dunstable West · E05014407
- Parish or community
- E04012806
- Westminster constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard · E14001206
- Output area
- E00088955
- Lower layer super output area
- Central Bedfordshire 031D · E01017626
- Middle layer super output area
- Central Bedfordshire 031 · E02003649
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 LU6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 50
- Primary
- 32
- Secondary
- 7
- 184 m
Ardley Hill Academy
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- 602 m
Watling Lower School
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- 854 m
Lark Rise Academy
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Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,716
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 551
- Anti social behaviour 212
- Shoplifting 174
- Vehicle crime 146
- Criminal damage and arson 119
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- LU6 3 residents
- 12,304
Age bands in LU6 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.6%
2,061 residents
1,236 residents
3,338 residents
3,503 residents
2,628 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
13
within 5 km straight-line
KIRBY ROAD SURGERY
58 KIRBY ROAD, DUNSTABLE, LU6 3JH
ODS code E81052
1.2 km
EASTGATE SURGERY
EASTGATE HOUSE, 28-34 CHURCH STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4RU
ODS code E81635
1.3 km
KINGSBURY COURT SURGERY
CHURCH STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4RS
ODS code E81045
1.3 km
WEST STREET SURGERY
89 WEST STREET, DUNSTABLE, LU6 1SF
ODS code E81009
1.3 km
PRIORY GARDENS SURGERY
GROVE VIEW INTEGRATED, COURT DRIVE, DUNSTABLE, LU5 4JD
ODS code E81014
1.9 km
WHEATFIELD SURGERY
60 WHEATFIELD ROAD, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0SY
ODS code E81008
3.3 km
HOUGHTON REGIS MEDICAL CENTRE
PEEL STREET, HOUGHTON REGIS, DUNSTABLE, LU5 5EZ
ODS code E81027
3.4 km
DR DV SHAH'S PRACTICE
PASTURES WAY, LEWSEY FARM, LUTON, LU4 0PF
ODS code E81076
3.4 km
CADDINGTON SURGERY
33 MANOR ROAD, CADDINGTON, LUTON, LU1 4EE
ODS code E81069
4.0 km
THE OAKLEY SURGERY
ADDINGTON WAY, LUTON, LU4 9FJ
ODS code E81025
4.2 km
DRS MIRZA SUKHANI & PARTNERS
THE SURGERY, 30 THE GREEN, HOCKWELL RING, LUTON, LU4 9NN
ODS code E81612
4.4 km
LISTER HOUSE SURGERY
473-475 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU4 8DG
ODS code E81016
4.7 km
DR WHM MATTA'S PRACTICE
37A LINDEN ROAD, LUTON, LU4 9QZ
ODS code E81010
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
The Cheveralls
BCT · Dunstable
- 0.1 miles
Lowther Road Shops
BCT · Dunstable
- 0.1 miles
Lowther Road Shops
BCT · Dunstable
- 0.2 miles
Borrowdale Avenue
BCT · Dunstable
- 0.2 miles
Borrowdale Avenue
BCT · Dunstable
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 031D, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
31,880 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
1,716 published events cover 12 months, averaging 143 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 551 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.