# Dunstable

Town in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

Dunstable is a town in Central Bedfordshire, East of England. Median sale price £330,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 74.7 per 1,000 people. About 37,678 people.

Town. Code E63004175. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Central Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire)

Dunstable is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Dunstable add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £330,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Dunstable was £330,000 in 2025. Joint 330th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/dunstable#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 34,498** (2021). Dunstable had 34,498 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 323rd most populated of 1,209. 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/town/dunstable#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Dunstable 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/town/dunstable#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.1%** (January 2026). In Dunstable, 92.1% 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/town/dunstable#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004175) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Dunstable live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63004175) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 491 homes were sold in Dunstable in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004175) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Dunstable.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004175) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Dunstable had 34,498 usual residents at the census.

## How Dunstable compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Dunstable | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £330,000 | joint 55th cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 34,498 | 33rd most populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.1% | joint 62nd lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Dunstable safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dunstable at a rate of 74.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 265 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dunstable.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,023), anti-social behaviour (463) and other crime (461).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Dunstable was 78.3 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 Dunstable, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Dunstable has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Dunstable

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Central Bedfordshire 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017566) | 1,456 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.6% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017595) | 1,196 | 102.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017596) | 1,665 | 80.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 028D](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017597) | 1,589 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 028E](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017598) | 1,681 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 028G](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01033834) | 1,605 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.7% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 028H](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01033835) | 1,479 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 68.0% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017565) | 1,502 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017567) | 1,668 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017568) | 2,247 | 151.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.7% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017569) | 1,835 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.6% |
| [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% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 031A](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017623) | 1,693 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.6% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017624) | 1,788 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 031C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017625) | 1,554 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017626) | 1,571 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |

## Your MP

- [Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dunstable-and-leighton-buzzard): Alex Mayer (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Council

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

## Postcode districts covering Dunstable

[LU5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu5), [LU6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/lu6)

## Middle areas in Dunstable

[Dunstable Central](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/dunstable-central), [Dunstable Manshead](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/dunstable-manshead), [Dunstable South](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/dunstable-south), [Dunstable West](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/dunstable-west)

## Towns near Dunstable

[Houghton Regis](https://openindex.co.uk/town/houghton-regis), [Luton](https://openindex.co.uk/luton), [Leighton Buzzard](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leighton-buzzard), [Harpenden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/harpenden), [Hemel Hempstead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hemel-hempstead), [Tring](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tring)

## Dunstable in brief

Dunstable is a town in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.
About 37,678 people lived in Dunstable in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £330,000 in 2025 across 491 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Dunstable was £330,000 in 2025.
Dunstable had 34,498 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Dunstable live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Dunstable, 92.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004175
- Constituency: [Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dunstable-and-leighton-buzzard)
- Council: [Central Bedfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 6.59 km²
- People, mid-2024: 37,678*
- Neighbourhoods: 20
- Output areas: 108

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Luton](https://openindex.co.uk/luton), [Houghton Regis](https://openindex.co.uk/town/houghton-regis), [Leighton Buzzard](https://openindex.co.uk/town/leighton-buzzard), [Harpenden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/harpenden), [Hemel Hempstead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hemel-hempstead), [Tring](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tring)

## Latest updates for Dunstable

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004175

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/dunstable, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/dunstable#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 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/dunstable