Sandy North
Middle areaNorth east Central Bedfordshire. 5,732 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Sandy North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Sandy North
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sandy North at a rate of 54.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.3 per 1,000 people across Central Bedfordshire.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 139 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 63 |
| Other crime | 50 |
| Vehicle crime | 20 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 18 |
| Drug offences | 15 |
| Burglary | 6 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Sandy North compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Sandy North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sandy North at a rate of 54.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.3 per 1,000 people across Central Bedfordshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 54 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sandy North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (139), anti-social behaviour (63) and other crime (50).
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 middle area, so they describe all of Central Bedfordshire and not Sandy North alone. See Central Bedfordshire
Sandy North in brief
The median price paid for a home in Sandy North was £322,000 in 2025.
Sandy North had 5,749 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Sandy North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sandy North, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.