Bedford 005A
NeighbourhoodSouth Bedford. 1,378 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.3 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Bedford 005A is in decile 3.
How Bedford 005A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bedford 005A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bedford 005A at a rate of 113.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 68.1 per 1,000 people across Brickhill.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 23 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bedford 005A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (41), anti-social behaviour (34) and shoplifting (30).
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.
Figures for the whole of Bedford
These figures are published for the whole of Bedford, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Bedford and not Bedford 005A alone. See Bedford
Bedford 005A in brief
Bedford 005A has a deprivation score of 27.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Bedford 005A was £372,500 in 2025.
Bedford 005A had 1,361 usual residents at the census.
In Bedford 005A, 99.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.