Bedford 021E
NeighbourhoodSouth Bedford. 1,074 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.5 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Bedford 021E is in decile 6.
How Bedford 021E compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bedford 021E safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bedford 021E at a rate of 29.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.7 per 1,000 people across Wilstead & Shortstown.
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 021E.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (13), other crime (9) and criminal damage and arson (4).
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 021E alone. See Bedford
Bedford 021E in brief
Bedford 021E has a deprivation score of 15.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Bedford 021E was £328,750 in 2025.
Bedford 021E had 1,023 usual residents at the census.
In Bedford 021E, 94.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.