Bedford 022B
NeighbourhoodSouth Bedford. 1,273 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.3 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Bedford 022B is in decile 7.
How Bedford 022B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Bedford 022B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bedford 022B at a rate of 146.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.8 per 1,000 people across Wixams & Elstow.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bedford 022B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (95), other crime (29) and violence and sexual offences (25).
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 022B alone. See Bedford
Bedford 022B in brief
Bedford 022B has a deprivation score of 12.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Bedford 022B was £350,000 in 2025.
Bedford 022B had 1,240 usual residents at the census.
In Bedford 022B, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.