# MK42 7GQ: area report for a postcode in Bedford

MK42 7GQ 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 MK42 7GQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) › [MK42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42) › [MK42 7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42-7)

## Around this postcode

- **6 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 25% on July. Bedford 018H: 66 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ
- **Kempston Hardwick, 2 km**: About 25 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 180 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ
- **No property in MK42 7GQ 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=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Bedford 018H. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ
- **£330,462 average price**: For the whole of Bedford, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.6 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 480 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at MK42 7GQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ
- **Low road and rail noise at MK42 7GQ**: Road 49 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ
- **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=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ
- **9.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ridgeway School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ridgeway-school-e109742) | Special | 180 m (2 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | – |
| [Kempston Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kempston-academy-e142387) | Secondary | 280 m (4 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | Attainment 8 of 38.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Balliol Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/balliol-primary-school-e109464) | Primary | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2022 | 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Kempston Rural Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kempston-rural-primary-school-e109463) | Primary | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Greys Education Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greys-education-centre-e139320) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2024 | – |
| [Rivertree Free School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rivertree-free-school-e150792) | Special | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Bedford Road Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bedford-road-primary-academy-e150474) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met | 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wootton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wootton-primary-school-e151126) | Primary | 1.7 km (22 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2023 | £435,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| May 2025 | £445,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 40 m |
| May 2026 | £450,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| February 2026 | £440,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| January 2026 | £320,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| September 2024 | £335,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| April 2026 | £195,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 140 m |
| November 2025 | £480,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- Supermarkets: Lidl Ridge Road Kempston Bedford (480 m, Lidl)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £330,462** (August 2026). Bedford’s average house price was £330,462 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 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: 8.0×** (2025). A home in Bedford costs 8.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 133rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 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 018H (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 10.2** (2025). Bedford 018H has a deprivation score of 10.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,964th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £272,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bedford 018H was £272,500 in 2025. Joint 13,647th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,540** (2021). Bedford 018H had 1,540 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,331st 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: 93.9%** (January 2026). In Bedford 018H, 93.9% 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.

## MK42 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £320,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in MK42 was £320,000 in 2025. Joint 961st most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 56,180** (2021). MK42 had 56,180 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 126th 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: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in MK42 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: 93.7%** (January 2026). In MK42, 93.7% 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: 52.1090, -0.5130

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

## Your MP

- [North Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-bedfordshire): Richard Fuller (Conservative), 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), August 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=-0.5130,52.1090,MK427GQ

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