Central Bedfordshire 026E
NeighbourhoodSouth west Central Bedfordshire. 1,410 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Central Bedfordshire 026E is in decile 7.
How Central Bedfordshire 026E compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Central Bedfordshire 026E safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Central Bedfordshire 026E at a rate of 133.3 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, 10 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Central Bedfordshire 026E.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (75), violence and sexual offences (53) and other crime (37).
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 026E alone. See Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire 026E in brief
Central Bedfordshire 026E has a deprivation score of 11.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Central Bedfordshire 026E was £390,000 in 2025.
Central Bedfordshire 026E had 1,316 usual residents at the census.
In Central Bedfordshire 026E, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.