Central Bedfordshire 026B
NeighbourhoodSouth west Central Bedfordshire. 3,534 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.0 square kilometre.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Central Bedfordshire 026B is in decile 4.
How Central Bedfordshire 026B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Central Bedfordshire 026B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Central Bedfordshire 026B at a rate of 78.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.2 per 1,000 people across Houghton Regis South.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Central Bedfordshire 026B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (132), anti-social behaviour (55) and other crime (44).
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 Central Bedfordshire
These figures are published for the whole of Central Bedfordshire, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Central Bedfordshire and not Central Bedfordshire 026B alone. See Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire 026B in brief
Central Bedfordshire 026B has a deprivation score of 24.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Central Bedfordshire 026B was £330,000 in 2025.
Central Bedfordshire 026B had 2,020 usual residents at the census.
In Central Bedfordshire 026B, 97.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.