# Ampthill

Town in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

Ampthill is a town in Central Bedfordshire, East of England. Median sale price £425,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 36.5 per 1,000 people. About 9,126 people.

Town. Code E63003884. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Central Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire)

Ampthill is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Ampthill add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £425,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Ampthill was £425,500 in 2025. 153rd most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/ampthill#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 8,825** (2021). Ampthill had 8,825 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 136th least populated of 1,209. 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/town/ampthill#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Ampthill 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/town/ampthill#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.1%** (January 2026). In Ampthill, 96.1% 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/town/ampthill#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003884) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Ampthill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63003884) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 153 homes were sold in Ampthill in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003884) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Ampthill.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003884) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Ampthill had 8,825 usual residents at the census.

## How Ampthill compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Ampthill | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £425,500 | 34th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 8,825 | 17th least populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.1% | joint 24th highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Ampthill safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ampthill at a rate of 36.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 35 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ampthill.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (135), anti-social behaviour (66) and other crime (46).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Ampthill was 37.6 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 Ampthill, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

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

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

## Neighbourhoods in Ampthill

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Central Bedfordshire 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017371) | 1,791 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017372) | 1,844 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017373) | 2,327 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.1% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017374) | 1,541 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017375) | 1,469 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% |

## Your MP

- [Mid Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-bedfordshire): Blake Stephenson (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.

## Council

[Central Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire)

## Postcode districts covering Ampthill

[MK45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk45)

## Middle areas in Ampthill

[Ampthill & Millbrook](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/ampthill-and-millbrook)

## Towns near Ampthill

[Flitwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/flitwick), [Wootton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wootton), [Kempston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kempston), [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bedford), [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/milton-keynes), [Luton](https://openindex.co.uk/luton)

## Ampthill in brief

Ampthill is a town in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.
About 9,126 people lived in Ampthill in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £425,500 in 2025 across 153 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 36.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Ampthill was £425,500 in 2025.
Ampthill had 8,825 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Ampthill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ampthill, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003884
- Constituency: [Mid Bedfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-bedfordshire)
- Council: [Central Bedfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.33 km²
- People, mid-2024: 9,126*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 27

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Flitwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/flitwick), [Wootton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wootton), [Kempston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kempston), [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bedford), [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/milton-keynes), [Luton](https://openindex.co.uk/luton)

## Latest updates for Ampthill

- 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/E63003884

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/ampthill