Dunstable
Dunstable is covered by postcode districts LU1, LU5 and LU6. It is in the Central Bedfordshire council area, England.
Every postcode in Dunstable, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 28
- In use before 2020: 574
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 602 postcodes in Dunstable that ONS places, 28 are new since 2020 and 574 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.8848, longitude -0.5234. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 21 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. LU6 9XU, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Dunstable?
Homes sold for a typical £322,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.9% on the 12 months before. At 445 of the 549 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 602 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Leagrave, 5.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Dunstable?
Homes in Dunstable sold for a typical £322,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 373 sales, down 0.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £480,000 36 sales
- Semi-detached £370,000 130 sales
- Terraced £307,500 114 sales
- Flat or maisonette £175,000 93 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole LU6 district, Dunstable's main postcode district: a typical £365,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Dunstable: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Dunstable?
28 of the 602 postcodes now in use in Dunstable came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 490 homes sold in Dunstable were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LU6 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Dunstable | Across the LU6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 373 (0%) | 0 of 405 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 490 (0%) | 0 of 524 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Dunstable?
Ofcom reports on 549 of the 602 postcodes in Dunstable. At 445 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Dunstable at risk of flooding?
None of the 602 postcodes in Dunstable is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Dunstable?
The open schools at the postcodes in Dunstable (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Dunstable Icknield Lower School150 m 295 pupils, 340 places
- Ashton St Peter's VA C of E School500 m 205 pupils, 210 places
- Watling Lower School550 m 190 pupils, 150 places
- Priory Academy550 m 830 pupils, 700 places
- Lark Rise Academy1.0 km 351 pupils, 360 places
- Beecroft Academy1.1 km 413 pupils, 420 places
- Lancot School1.1 km 423 pupils, 420 places
- Ardley Hill Academy1.2 km 422 pupils, 520 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Dunstable?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dunstable is Leagrave Rail Station, 5.0 km away in a straight line.
- Leagrave Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmCycle
- Luton Rail Station Railway station 7.5 kmDrive
- Harlington (Beds) Rail Station Railway station 8.8 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Dunstable?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Dunstable. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- West Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01582 664401 150 mWalk
- Eastgate Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2026 · Phone 01582 670050 300 mWalk
- Kirby Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2024 · Phone 01582 609121 300 mWalk
- Kingsbury Court Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2024 · Phone 01582 663218 450 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Dunstable safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,830 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Dunstable over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 261 September 2025
- 287 October 2025
- 245 November 2025
- 225 December 2025
- 199 January 2026
- 187 February 2026
- 206 March 2026
- 211 April 2026
- 259 May 2026
- 221 June 2026
- 263 July 2026
- 266 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 107, other crime 63, robbery 55, possession of weapons 25, bicycle theft 24, theft from the person 15.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Dunstable?
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (600) and Luton South and South Bedfordshire (2)
- Police force area
- Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Dunstable
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Central Bedfordshire about council tax Council tax, on centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Dunstable
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Dunstable postcodes
602 postcodes in use in Dunstable, by district:
Those districts are all in the LU postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Dunstable
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Dunstable's £322,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Dunstable
- What is it like to live in Dunstable?
- Homes sold for a typical £322,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.9% on the 12 months before. At 445 of the 549 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 602 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Leagrave, 5.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Dunstable?
- Dunstable is covered by postcode districts LU1, LU5 and LU6, across 602 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Dunstable in?
- Dunstable is in the Central Bedfordshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Dunstable?
- Homes in Dunstable sold for a typical £322,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 373 sales, down 0.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Dunstable?
- In Dunstable, primary schools at its postcodes include Dunstable Icknield Lower School, Ashton St Peter's VA C of E School and Watling Lower School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Priory Academy, Queensbury Academy and Weatherfield Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Dunstable have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dunstable is Leagrave, 5.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Dunstable?
- Ofcom reports on 549 of the 602 postcodes in Dunstable. At 445 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Dunstable at risk of flooding?
- None of the 602 postcodes in Dunstable is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Dunstable?
- 28 of the 602 postcodes now in use in Dunstable came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 490 homes sold in Dunstable were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LU6 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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