# MK40

Postcode district covering Bedford, Queen's Park and Biddenham, in Bedford.

MK40 is a postcode district covering Bedford, Queen's Park and Biddenham, in Bedford. Median sale price £350,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 145.2 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code MK40. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [MK](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an MK40 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=MK40) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 1% of people in MK40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=MK40) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 589 homes were sold in MK40 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=MK40) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for MK40.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=MK40) (Census 2021, England and Wales): MK40 had 40,022 usual residents at the census.

## How MK40 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | MK40 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £350,000 | 13th most expensive | 25 postcode districts, MK · 2025 |
| Population | 40,022 | 5th most populated | 27 postcode districts, MK · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 1% | joint 7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 27 postcode districts, MK · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.3% | 6th lowest | 27 postcode districts, MK · Jan 2026 |

## Is MK40 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in MK40 at a rate of 145.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.5 per 1,000 people across the MK postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 650 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in MK40.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,301), other crime (1,199) and anti-social behaviour (884).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in MK40 was 134.8 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in MK40, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so MK40 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in MK40

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bedford 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017460) | 2,360 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.8% |
| [Bedford 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034414) | 1,520 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| [Bedford 008G](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034415) | 1,508 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.1% |
| [Bedford 008H](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034416) | 1,520 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| [Bedford 008I](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034417) | 1,335 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Bedford 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017482) | 1,411 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| [Bedford 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017483) | 1,743 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [Bedford 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017484) | 1,405 | 105.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.8% |
| [Bedford 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017485) | 1,376 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| [Bedford 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017499) | 1,380 | 194.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.5% |
| [Bedford 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017501) | 1,879 | 115.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.3% |
| [Bedford 010F](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017502) | 1,863 | 374.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.2% |
| [Bedford 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017466) | 2,306 | 463.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 72.5% |
| [Bedford 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017467) | 1,363 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| [Bedford 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017468) | 1,381 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Bedford 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017470) | 1,309 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Bedford 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017471) | 1,884 | 394.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 74.6% |
| [Bedford 012G](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034418) | 1,125 | 93.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 62.3% |
| [Bedford 012H](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034419) | 1,280 | 641.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 40.2% |
| [Bedford 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017535) | 2,211 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| [Bedford 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017536) | 2,541 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.4% |
| [Bedford 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017537) | 1,498 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| [Bedford 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017538) | 1,885 | 127.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| [Bedford 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017539) | 1,644 | 69.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |

## Your MP

- [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bedford): Mohammad Yasin (Labour), MP since July 2024. 80% of the people here.
- [North Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-bedfordshire): Richard Fuller (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 20% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in MK40

[Bromham & Biddenham](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/bromham-and-biddenham), [Castle & Kingsway](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/castle-and-kingsway), [De Parys](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/de-parys), [Harpur](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/harpur), [Queens Park](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/queens-park)

## Postcode sectors in MK40

[MK40 1 (133 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-1), [MK40 2 (223 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-2), [MK40 3 (216 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-3), [MK40 4 (337 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-4), [MK40 9 (21 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40-9)

## Council

[Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford)

## Towns in MK40

[Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bedford)

## Postcode districts next to MK40

[MK41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk41), [MK42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42), [MK43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk43)

## Nearest rail stations

[Bedford (2.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.4794,52.1362), [Bedford St Johns (3.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.4675,52.1295), [Kempston Hardwick (5.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.5039,52.0922)

## More in the MK postcode area

[All MK postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## MK40 in brief

MK40 is a postcode district covering Bedford, Queen's Park and Biddenham, in Bedford.
About 42,603 people lived in MK40 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 589 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 145.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in MK40 was £350,000 in 2025.
MK40 had 40,022 usual residents at the census.
About 1% of people in MK40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In MK40, 86.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: MK40
- Postcode area: [MK](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk)
- Constituency: [Bedford †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bedford)
- Council: [Bedford †](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford)
- Area: 11.27 km²
- People, mid-2024: 42,603*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 125

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[MK41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk41), [MK43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk43), [MK42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42)

## Latest updates for MK40

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/MK40

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40