# Wootton

Town in Bedford, East of England.

Wootton is a town in Bedford, East of England. Median sale price £395,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 36.5 per 1,000 people. About 8,350 people.

Town. Code E63003723. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford)

Wootton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Wootton 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: £395,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wootton was £395,000 in 2025. Joint 197th 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/wootton#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 7,567** (2021). Wootton had 7,567 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 13th 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/wootton#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Wootton 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/wootton#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.1%** (January 2026). In Wootton, 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/wootton#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003723) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Wootton 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=E63003723) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 89 homes were sold in Wootton in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003723) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Wootton.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003723) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Wootton had 7,567 usual residents at the census.

## How Wootton compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Wootton | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £395,000 | 42nd most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 7,567 | 2nd 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 Wootton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wootton 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, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wootton.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (133), anti-social behaviour (67) and other crime (63).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Wootton was 34.3 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 Wootton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Wootton has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Wootton

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bedford 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017553) | 1,367 | 16.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| [Bedford 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01017554) | 1,980 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.0% |
| [Bedford 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034425) | 1,882 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.0% |
| [Bedford 020F](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/neighbourhood/e01034426) | 2,337 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |

## 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

[Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford)

## Postcode districts covering Wootton

[MK43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/mk43)

## Middle areas in Wootton

[Wootton & Stewartby](https://openindex.co.uk/bedford/wootton-and-stewartby)

## Towns near Wootton

[Kempston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kempston), [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bedford), [Ampthill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ampthill), [Flitwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/flitwick), [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/milton-keynes), [Newport Pagnell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newport-pagnell)

## Wootton in brief

Wootton is a town in Bedford, East of England.
About 8,350 people lived in Wootton 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 89 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 Wootton was £395,000 in 2025.
Wootton had 7,567 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Wootton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wootton, 96.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003723
- Constituency: [Mid Bedfordshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-bedfordshire)
- 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: 2.15 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,350*
- Neighbourhoods: 4
- Output areas: 20

* 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

[Kempston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kempston), [Bedford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bedford), [Ampthill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ampthill), [Flitwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/flitwick), [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/milton-keynes), [Newport Pagnell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newport-pagnell)

## Latest updates for Wootton

- 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/E63003723

## How to cite

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

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