# Kempston Town in Bedford, East of England. Kempston is a town in Bedford, East of England. Median sale price £310,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 95.1 per 1,000 people. About 23,315 people. Town. Code E63003664. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) Kempston is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Kempston 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: £310,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kempston was £310,000 in 2025. Joint 391st 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/kempston#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 22,779** (2021). Kempston had 22,779 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 485th most 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/kempston#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Kempston 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/kempston#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.7%** (January 2026). In Kempston, 96.7% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/kempston#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003664) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Kempston 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=E63003664) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 267 homes were sold in Kempston in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003664) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Kempston. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003664) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Kempston had 22,779 usual residents at the census. ## How Kempston compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Kempston | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £310,000 | joint 43rd cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 | | Population | 22,779 | 57th most 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 | 96.7% | joint 16th highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 | ## Is Kempston safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kempston at a rate of 95.1 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, 205 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kempston. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (813), other crime (388) and anti-social behaviour (272). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Kempston was 102.0 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 Kempston, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Kempston has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Kempston | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Bedford 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017509) | 1,230 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.7% | | [Bedford 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017510) | 1,589 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.0% | | [Bedford 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017511) | 1,183 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% | | [Bedford 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017512) | 1,505 | 116.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.9% | | [Bedford 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017505) | 1,549 | 129.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.9% | | [Bedford 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017506) | 1,569 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.4% | | [Bedford 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017507) | 1,391 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% | | [Bedford 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017508) | 1,698 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% | | [Bedford 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017513) | 1,477 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% | | [Bedford 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017514) | 1,725 | 318.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.9% | | [Bedford 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017515) | 1,651 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% | | [Bedford 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017517) | 1,568 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.0% | | [Bedford 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034422) | 1,540 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% | | [Bedford 018G](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034423) | 1,061 | 113.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% | | [Bedford 018H](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034424) | 1,540 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.9% | ## Your MP - [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bedford): Mohammad Yasin (Labour), 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 [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) ## Postcode districts covering Kempston [MK42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk42) ## Middle areas in Kempston [Kempston Central & East](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/kempston-central-and-east), [Kempston North](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/kempston-north), [Kempston West & South](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/kempston-west-and-south) ## Towns near Kempston [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bedford), [Wootton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wootton), [Ampthill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ampthill), [Flitwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/flitwick), [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/milton-keynes), [Sandy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sandy) ## Kempston in brief Kempston is a town in Bedford, East of England. About 23,315 people lived in Kempston in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 267 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Kempston was £310,000 in 2025. Kempston had 22,779 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Kempston live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Kempston, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63003664 - Constituency: [Bedford †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bedford) - Council: [Bedford †](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford) - Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 5.55 km² - People, mid-2024: 23,315* - Neighbourhoods: 15 - Output areas: 61 * 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 [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bedford), [Wootton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wootton), [Ampthill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ampthill), [Flitwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/flitwick), [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/milton-keynes), [Sandy](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sandy) ## Latest updates for Kempston - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63003664 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/kempston, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/kempston#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/kempston