MK45
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Flitwick and Ampthill, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedford.
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 MK45 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In MK45, 82.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How MK45 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is MK45 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in MK45 at a rate of 44.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.5 per 1,000 people across MK.
In August 2026 alone, 220 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in MK45.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (905), anti-social behaviour (507) and other crime (374).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in MK45 was 44.0 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 MK45, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so MK45 has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in MK45
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford 021D | 1,156 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 64.5% |
| Bedford 021E | 1,023 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.9% |
| Bedford 021F | 1,514 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire 008A | 1,173 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 9.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 008C | 1,641 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 008D | 1,676 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 008E | 1,823 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 62.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 008F | 1,505 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 56.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 008G | 1,507 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 71.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 012A | 1,791 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 012B | 1,844 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire 012C | 2,327 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire 012D | 1,541 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Central Bedfordshire 012E | 1,469 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 015A | 1,440 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 015B | 1,539 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 015C | 1,211 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 68.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 015D | 1,524 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 016A | 1,437 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 016B | 1,252 | 17.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 016C | 1,363 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 016D | 2,578 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 016E | 1,512 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 017A | 2,537 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 57.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 017E | 2,258 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 017F | 1,755 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 017G | 1,667 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 018A | 1,770 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 018B | 1,660 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 018C | 1,508 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
MPs for MK45
- Blake StephensonConservativeMP for Mid Bedfordshire98% of MK45’s postcodes
- Richard FullerConservativeMP for North Bedfordshire2.0% of MK45’s postcodes
- Mohammad YasinLabourMP for Bedford0.4% of MK45’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in MK456
Postcode sectors in MK457
Councils MK45 covers2
Towns in MK452
Postcode districts next to MK458
Nearest rail stations2
More in the MK postcode area2
MK45 in brief
MK45 is a postcode district covering Flitwick and Ampthill, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedford.
About 53,291 people lived in MK45 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £395,000 in 2025 across 916 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 44.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in MK45 was £395,000 in 2025.
MK45 had 49,941 usual residents at the census.
In MK45, 82.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In MK45, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.