Bedford 012E
NeighbourhoodSouth Bedford. 1,399 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Bedford 012E is in decile 9.
How Bedford 012E compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bedford 012E safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bedford 012E at a rate of 42.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 276.6 per 1,000 people across Castle & Kingsway.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 3 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bedford 012E.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (21), other crime (15) and vehicle crime (13).
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 012E alone. See Bedford
Bedford 012E in brief
Bedford 012E has a deprivation score of 6.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Bedford 012E was £425,000 in 2025.
Bedford 012E had 1,309 usual residents at the census.
In Bedford 012E, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.