# LU5

Postcode district covering Houghton Regis, Dunstable and Toddington, in Central Bedfordshire.

LU5 is a postcode district covering Houghton Regis, Dunstable and Toddington, in Central Bedfordshire. Median sale price £345,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code LU5. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [LU](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an LU5 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £345,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in LU5 was £345,000 in 2025. Joint 827th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 42,137** (2021). LU5 had 42,137 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 384th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 15%** (2022). About 15% of people in LU5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.5%** (January 2026). In LU5, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=LU5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 15% of people in LU5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=LU5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 776 homes were sold in LU5 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=LU5) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for LU5.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=LU5) (Census 2021, England and Wales): LU5 had 42,137 usual residents at the census.

## How LU5 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | LU5 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £345,000 | 3rd most expensive | 7 postcode districts, LU · 2025 |
| Population | 42,137 | 2nd least populated | 7 postcode districts, LU · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 15% | 3rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 7 postcode districts, LU · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.5% | 3rd lowest | 7 postcode districts, LU · Jan 2026 |

## Is LU5 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LU5 at a rate of 87.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.8 per 1,000 people across the LU postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 414 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LU5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,463), anti-social behaviour (885) and other crime (689).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LU5 was 84.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in LU5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LU5 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in LU5

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Central Bedfordshire 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017408) | 1,065 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017409) | 1,222 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.3% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017620) | 1,863 | 127.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 78.0% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017621) | 1,496 | 114.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017622) | 1,699 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.4% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017600) | 2,055 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 025B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017601) | 1,512 | 130.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 025C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017602) | 1,541 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 025D](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017618) | 2,266 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 025E](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017619) | 2,232 | 102.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.2% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017578) | 2,386 | 112.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.5% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017579) | 2,020 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017580) | 2,488 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.3% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017581) | 1,848 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.9% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 026E](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017617) | 1,316 | 133.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 027A](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017582) | 1,510 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 027B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017583) | 1,978 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.2% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 027C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017584) | 2,103 | 148.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 027D](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017585) | 1,393 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 029F](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01033836) | 1,711 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 70.5% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 029G](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01033837) | 1,543 | 186.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.6% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017592) | 1,689 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.3% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017593) | 1,516 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017594) | 2,316 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.2% |

## Your MP

- [Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dunstable-and-leighton-buzzard): Alex Mayer (Labour), MP since July 2024. 79% of the people here.
- [Mid Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-bedfordshire): Blake Stephenson (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 21% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in LU5

[Dunstable East](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/dunstable-east), [Dunstable Manshead](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/dunstable-manshead), [Houghton Regis North](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/houghton-regis-north), [Houghton Regis South](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/houghton-regis-south), [Toddington, Heath & Reach](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/toddington-heath-and-reach)

## Postcode sectors in LU5

[LU5 4 (228 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5-4), [LU5 5 (282 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5-5), [LU5 6 (284 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5-6), [LU5 7 (39 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5-7)

## Council

[Central Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire)

## Towns in LU5

[Dunstable](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dunstable), [Houghton Regis](https://openindex.co.uk/town/houghton-regis), [Luton](https://openindex.co.uk/luton)

## Postcode districts next to LU5

[LU1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu1), [LU3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu3), [LU4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu4), [LU6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu6), [LU7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu7), [MK17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk17), [MK45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk45)

## Nearest rail stations

[Harlington (Bedfordshire) (2.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.4957,51.9621)

## More in the LU postcode area

[All LU postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## LU5 in brief

LU5 is a postcode district covering Houghton Regis, Dunstable and Toddington, in Central Bedfordshire.
About 48,790 people lived in LU5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £345,000 in 2025 across 776 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LU5 was £345,000 in 2025.
LU5 had 42,137 usual residents at the census.
About 15% of people in LU5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LU5, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: LU5
- Postcode area: [LU](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu)
- Constituency: [Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dunstable-and-leighton-buzzard)
- Council: [Central Bedfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire)
- Area: 40.05 km²
- People, mid-2024: 48,790*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 127

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[LU7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu7), [LU6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu6), [MK45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk45), [LU3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu3), [LU4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu4), [MK17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk17)

## Latest updates for LU5

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/LU5

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5