# MK40 2RT: area report for a postcode in Bedford

MK40 2RT is a postcode in Bedford.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Bedford. Open the map at MK40 2RT for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) › [MK40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40) › [MK40 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-2)

## Around this postcode

- **255 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 18% on July. Bedford 010F: 374 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT
- **Bedford, 710 m**: About 9 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 320 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT
- **No property in MK40 2RT listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Bedford 010F. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT
- **£333,824 average price**: For the whole of Bedford, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 570 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 70 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at MK40 2RT**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT
- **Low road and rail noise at MK40 2RT**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT
- **11.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Polam School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/polam-school-e109720) | Independent | 320 m (4 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Priory Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/priory-primary-school-e109436) | Primary | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Livingstone Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/livingstone-primary-school-e109432) | Primary | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bedford School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bedford-school-e109718) | Independent | 600 m (8 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Edith Cavell Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/edith-cavell-primary-school-e109433) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2024 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bedford College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bedford-college-e130597) | Sixth form and further education | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Bedford Free School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bedford-free-school-e138228) | Secondary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | Attainment 8 of 51.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Bedford Modern School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bedford-modern-school-e109728) | Independent | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2025 | £235,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| September 2025 | £212,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 30 m |
| July 2023 | £160,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| October 2025 | £190,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| June 2026 | £185,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| September 2025 | £115,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| January 2025 | £142,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| October 2025 | £350,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Bedford (710 m, 9 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: LINDEN ROAD SURGERY (570 m); ASHBURNHAM ROAD SURGERY (670 m); THE DE PARYS GROUP (870 m)
- Pharmacies: KAY'S CHEMIST (280 m); BROADWAY PHARMACY (320 m); BEDFORD PHARMACY (340 m); SUPERDRUG PHARMACY (360 m); GOLDHARTS CHEMIST (520 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (130 m); PRIORY DENTAL PRACTICE (210 m); TIME FOR TEETH HMP BEDFORD (210 m); DENTAL SURGERY (350 m); BEDFORD HOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE (480 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Bedford Tavistock Street Local (70 m, Sainsburys); Iceland Greenhill Street Bedford (310 m, Iceland); Morrisons Daily Bedford Greenhill Street (340 m, Morrisons); Lidl Central Bedford Bedford (510 m, Lidl); Tesco Bedford Harpur Express (560 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £333,824** (July 2026). Bedford’s average house price was £333,824 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £41,214** (2025). Full-time workers living in Bedford earned a median of £41,214 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 116th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 8.1×** (2025). A home in Bedford costs 8.1 times local full-time pay. Joint 130th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 19.7** (2025). Bedford has a deprivation score of 19.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 138th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Bedford 010F (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 56.8** (2025). Bedford 010F has a deprivation score of 56.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,347th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,863** (2021). Bedford 010F had 1,863 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 8,095th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.2%** (January 2026). In Bedford 010F, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.
- **Claimant rate: 15.5%** (August 2026). In Bedford 010F, 15.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## MK40 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £350,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in MK40 was £350,000 in 2025. Joint 789th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 40,022** (2021). MK40 had 40,022 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 455th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 1%** (2022). About 1% of people in MK40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.3%** (January 2026). In MK40, 86.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford)
- Centre: 52.1408, -0.4723

Council: [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bedford): Mohammad Yasin (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.4723,52.1408,MK402RT

## How to cite

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