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MK42 8

Postcode sector

233 live postcodes, all 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 8 for neighbourhoods and points. Open the map at MK42 8

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

17 of Bedford’s 117 neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 20%.

Bedford, the council that holds 100% of MK42 8

Average house price
£333,824
Up 3.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,214
116th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.1×
Joint 130th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.7
Joint 138th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only

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Postcodes in MK42 8