# MK41

Postcode district covering Bedford, Goldington and Brickhill, in Bedford.

MK41 is a postcode district covering Bedford, Goldington and Brickhill, in Bedford. Median sale price £335,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 75.0 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code MK41. 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 MK41 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £335,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in MK41 was £335,500 in 2025. 876th 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/mk41#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 43,145** (2021). MK41 had 43,145 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 353rd 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/mk41#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 9%** (2022). About 9% of people in MK41 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/mk41#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.1%** (January 2026). In MK41, 94.1% 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/mk41#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=MK41) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 9% of people in MK41 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=MK41) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 503 homes were sold in MK41 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=MK41) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for MK41.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=MK41) (Census 2021, England and Wales): MK41 had 43,145 usual residents at the census.

## How MK41 compares

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

| Measure | MK41 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £335,500 | 11th cheapest | 25 postcode districts, MK · 2025 |
| Population | 43,145 | 3rd most populated | 27 postcode districts, MK · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 9% | 14th most people in radon Affected Areas | 27 postcode districts, MK · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.1% | 12th lowest | 27 postcode districts, MK · Jan 2026 |

## Is MK41 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in MK41 at a rate of 75.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.5 per 1,000 people across the MK postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 307 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in MK41.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,055), other crime (510) and anti-social behaviour (504).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in MK41 was 70.8 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 MK41, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so MK41 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in MK41

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bedford 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017479) | 1,331 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.7% |
| [Bedford 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017480) | 1,963 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.9% |
| [Bedford 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017481) | 1,209 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.3% |
| [Bedford 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01033431) | 1,745 | 52.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.2% |
| [Bedford 004H](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034412) | 2,092 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 37.7% |
| [Bedford 004I](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034413) | 1,156 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 67.9% |
| [Bedford 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017453) | 1,361 | 113.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| [Bedford 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017454) | 1,456 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Bedford 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017455) | 1,416 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Bedford 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017456) | 1,485 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% |
| [Bedford 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017457) | 1,210 | 116.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.5% |
| [Bedford 005F](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017458) | 1,233 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Bedford 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017529) | 1,283 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Bedford 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017530) | 1,441 | 24.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Bedford 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017531) | 1,342 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Bedford 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017532) | 1,299 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Bedford 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017533) | 1,165 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| [Bedford 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017534) | 1,531 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Bedford 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017488) | 1,560 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| [Bedford 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017489) | 1,609 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Bedford 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017490) | 1,366 | 166.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| [Bedford 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017491) | 1,555 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| [Bedford 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017492) | 1,471 | 183.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.3% |
| [Bedford 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017493) | 1,648 | 86.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| [Bedford 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017497) | 1,369 | 121.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [Bedford 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017498) | 1,187 | 91.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| [Bedford 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017500) | 1,192 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| [Bedford 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017524) | 1,689 | 169.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.4% |
| [Bedford 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017525) | 1,231 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Bedford 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017526) | 1,501 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| [Bedford 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017527) | 1,189 | 156.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |

## Your MP

- [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bedford): Mohammad Yasin (Labour), MP since July 2024. 84% of the people here.
- [North Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-bedfordshire): Richard Fuller (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 16% 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 MK41

[Brickhill](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/brickhill), [Clapham, Oakley & Thurleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/clapham-oakley-and-thurleigh), [Goldington](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/goldington), [Newnham](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/newnham), [Putnoe](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/putnoe)

## Postcode sectors in MK41

[MK41 0 (260 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk41-0), [MK41 5 (2 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk41-5), [MK41 6 (97 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk41-6), [MK41 7 (297 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk41-7), [MK41 8 (190 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk41-8), [MK41 9 (207 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk41-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in MK41

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

## Postcode districts next to MK41

[MK40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40), [MK42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42), [MK43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk43), [MK44](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk44)

## Nearest rail stations

[Bedford St Johns (5.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.4675,52.1295), [Bedford (5.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.4794,52.1362)

## 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)

## MK41 in brief

MK41 is a postcode district covering Bedford, Goldington and Brickhill, in Bedford.
About 43,408 people lived in MK41 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £335,500 in 2025 across 503 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 75.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in MK41 was £335,500 in 2025.
MK41 had 43,145 usual residents at the census.
About 9% of people in MK41 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In MK41, 94.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: MK41
- 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: 30.72 km²
- People, mid-2024: 43,408*
- Neighbourhoods: 31
- Output areas: 142

* 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

[MK44](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk44), [MK40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk40), [MK43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk43), [MK42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42)

## Latest updates for MK41

- 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/MK41

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk41, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk41#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk41