# Sandy

Town in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

Sandy is a town in Central Bedfordshire, East of England. Median sale price £311,750 in 2025. Recorded crime 76.1 per 1,000 people. About 11,362 people.

Town. Code E63003598. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Central Bedfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire)

Sandy is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Sandy 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: £311,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sandy was £311,750 in 2025. 387th 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/sandy#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 11,375** (2021). Sandy had 11,375 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 316th 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/sandy#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Sandy 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/sandy#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.0%** (January 2026). In Sandy, 92.0% 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/sandy#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003598) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Sandy 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=E63003598) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 168 homes were sold in Sandy in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003598) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Sandy.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003598) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Sandy had 11,375 usual residents at the census.

## How Sandy compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Sandy | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £311,750 | 46th cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 11,375 | 38th 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 | 92.0% | joint 60th lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Sandy safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sandy at a rate of 76.1 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, 98 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sandy.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (317), anti-social behaviour (177) and other crime (149).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Sandy was 72.6 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 Sandy, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Sandy has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Sandy

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Central Bedfordshire 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017433) | 1,609 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.4% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017434) | 1,669 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017436) | 2,471 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.3% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017430) | 1,490 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.0% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017431) | 1,629 | 145.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.5% |
| [Central Bedfordshire 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/neighbourhood/e01017435) | 1,821 | 100.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.5% |

## 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.

## Council

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

## Postcode districts covering Sandy

[SG19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg19)

## Middle areas in Sandy

[Sandy North](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/sandy-north), [Sandy South](https://openindex.co.uk/central-bedfordshire/sandy-south)

## Towns near Sandy

[Biggleswade](https://openindex.co.uk/town/biggleswade), [St Neots](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-neots), [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bedford), [Stotfold](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stotfold), [Kempston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kempston), [Letchworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/letchworth)

## Sandy in brief

Sandy is a town in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.
About 11,362 people lived in Sandy in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £311,750 in 2025 across 168 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Sandy was £311,750 in 2025.
Sandy had 11,375 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Sandy live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sandy, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003598
- Constituency: [North Bedfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-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: 2.89 km²
- People, mid-2024: 11,362*
- Neighbourhoods: 6
- Output areas: 33

* 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

[Biggleswade](https://openindex.co.uk/town/biggleswade), [St Neots](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-neots), [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bedford), [Stotfold](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stotfold), [Kempston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kempston), [Letchworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/letchworth)

## Latest updates for Sandy

- 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/E63003598

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/sandy, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/sandy#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 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/sandy