What's the median rent in Bedford 005A?

The median monthly rent across Bedford 005A is £1,163.

How safe is Bedford 005A?

Bedford 005A has a safety score of 29/100 out of 100, where higher is safer.

How well-connected is Bedford 005A?

Transport score: 46/100. Combines public transit access and walkability.

Which neighbourhood is Bedford 005A part of?

Bedford 005A sits inside the Brickhill neighbourhood, in Bedford, East of England.

Sub-area · Brickhill · Bedford · East of England

Living in Bedford 005A

Part of Brickhill · 1,378 residents

Bedford 005A is a sub-area in Brickhill, Bedford that skews 65+ and tenure-mixed. Median rent sits at £1,163 a month, up 4.3% on the year, with council tax in band A adding roughly £206/mo. Safety ranks in the top quartile of UK sub-areas (21st percentile nationally). Gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

Median rent

£1,163+4.3%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Liveability

8/100

Composite score

Safety

29/100

Higher is safer

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Transport

46/100

Transit + walk

Schools

64/100

Ofsted-weighted

Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026

Broadband

100%

gigabit-ready

Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 · 2025

Who lives here

Age structure, tenure mix and dwelling type from Census 2021.

Age structure

Under 1820%

18–3419%

35–4918%

50–6421%

65+23%

Population1,378

Tenure & housing type

Owner-occupied49%

Private rent10%

Social rent41%

Flats37%

Terraced18%

Semi-detached22%

Detached24%

Detailed community breakdownHouseholds · ethnicity · religion · country of birth · health · qualifications

Household composition

One person39%Couple with children14%Lone parent14%Other5%

Ethnic mix

Diversity index 41.60

White75%Asian9%Black10%Mixed5%Other2%

Religion (Census 2021, voluntary question)

Christian52%Muslim4%No religion36%Other4%

Country of birth

Born in UK79%

Born outside UK21%

General health (self-reported)

Good77%Fair17%Bad7%

Disability prevalence21%

Education attainment (residents 16+)

Degree or above29%

Apprenticeship7%

No qualifications18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (TS001 / TS006 / TS044).

Cost

An all-in monthly cost estimate for Bedford 005A comes to about £1,453 — combining rent, council tax (band A), and an EPC-based utility estimate.

Affordability score

45/100· 32nd percentile nationally

All-in monthly

£1,453

Rent + council tax + utility estimate

Median rent (any size)£1,163/mo+4.3%

2-bed median rent£1,020/mo

Council tax (estimated)£2,095/yr

Sale price (median)£372,500+3.6%

Price-to-earnings10.3×

Rent / take-home39%

EPC median bandC

Yield (gross BTL)3.3%

Detailed cost breakdownRent by bedroom & property type · sale prices · affordability

Rent by bedroom count

median monthly

1 bed£793/mo

2 bed£1,020/mo+4.6%

3 bed£1,247/mo

4 bed£1,796/mo

Rent by property type

median monthly

Detached£1,587/mo

Semi-detached£1,301/mo

Terraced£1,137/mo

Flat£908/mo

Sale price by property type

HPI average price

All properties (HPI avg)£326,121+3.6%

Detached£552,562

Semi-detached£342,208

Terraced£273,322

Flat£158,503+0.8%

Sales (Land Registry, lifetime)8

Lower quartile sale£356,000

Upper quartile sale£397,500

Affordability & running costs

Years to save 10% deposit5.2 yr

Mortgage (25y, 5%)£1,960/mo

Price / earnings (HPI vs ASHE)9.1×

Council tax — Band D billing£2,051/yr

Council tax — Band D incl. precepts£2,472/yr

Modal council tax bandA

Fuel poverty (LILEE)8.3%

EPC homes rated A/B6%

Source: Rent: ONS PIPR, May 2026. Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

Property

EPC band distribution, council tax band mix and recent supply per 1,000 residents.

EPC median

C band

Modal council tax bandA

Completions / 1,0009.2

Detailed housing breakdownCouncil tax bands · EPC stock · supply pipeline

Council tax band distribution

670 dwellings · VOA CTSOP

Band A39%Band B21%Band C15%Band D12%Band E9%Band F5%

Modal bandA

Total dwellings670

Band D — billing only£2,051/yr

Band D — incl. all precepts£2,472/yr

Estimated for this local area's mix£2,095/yr

EPC stock

Median EPC bandC

% rated A or B6%

EPC certificates lodged34

Housing supply pipeline

MHCLG, FY 2024-25, council-area level fanned to local area

Completions (annual)690

Starts (annual)470

Completions / 1,000 households9.2

Pipeline ratio (starts / completions)0.68

Source: EPC: MHCLG bulk download. Council tax bands: VOA CTSOP 1.1.

Safety

How crime here compares to the England + Wales average. The raw rate per 1,000 residents per year is shown alongside for reference.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Safety score

29/100· 21st percentile nationally

Total / 1k / yr138.921st percentile nationally

Violent / 1k / yr37.5

Burglary / 1k / yr5.1

ASB / 1k / yr19.8

All crime categories14 categories ranked by local rate

Incidents per 1,000 residents per year

Sorted high → low. Hover any category for what it covers.

Violent & sexual offences

37.5

Shoplifting

24.2

Anti-social behaviour

19.8

Vehicle crime

12.5

Criminal damage & arson

11.0

Public order

10.3

Drugs

7.3

Burglary

5.1

Other theft

4.4

Possession of weapons

3.7

Theft from the person

0.7

Other crime

0.7

Robbery

0.7

Bicycle theft

0.7

Personal safety (composite)

Personal-safety index per 1k41.9

IMD crime sub-domain (lower = safer)0.17

Source: Crime: data.police.uk monthly counts, normalised by population. National avg = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

Transport

Distance to the nearest rail station, plus modelled commute time to a major employment centre.

Transport score

46/100· 33rd percentile nationally

Nearest rail3.2 km (Bedford)

Nearest tube/metro—

PT to 5,000+ jobs hub—

Drive to 5,000+ jobs—

Detailed transport breakdownCity commutes · job accessibility · how residents travel to work

Commute time to major cities

public transport, off-peak typical

London

79 min

Birmingham

125 min

Sheffield

155 min

Manchester

172 min

Liverpool

183 min

Leeds

194 min

Bristol

204 min

Cardiff

230 min

Edinburgh

319 min

Glasgow

333 min

Job accessibility from this area

Minutes to reach N jobs by car / public transport

Drive — 100 jobs reachable6 min

PT — 100 jobs reachable5 min

Drive — 500 jobs reachable9 min

PT — 500 jobs reachable10 min

Drive — 5,000 jobs reachable17 min

PT — 5,000 jobs reachable29 min

How residents travel to work

Census 2021 mode share

Car53%Public6%Active11%WFH28%

Source: Rail: National Rail / TfL ATCO. Commute: DfT Journey Time Statistics.

Schools

Distribution of Ofsted ratings amongst schools serving this area.

School score

64/100

Outstanding0%

Good100%

Schools in catchment1

Nearest outstanding3.4 km

Detailed school breakdownFull Ofsted distribution · distances · catchment counts

Ofsted rating distribution

schools whose postcode falls in this local area

Good100%

Outstanding (count)0

Good (count)1

Requires improvement (count)0

Inadequate (count)0

Schools within walking distance

Schools within 2 km8

Good or outstanding within 2 km2

% within 2 km that are good/outstanding25%

Nearest school117 m

Nearest good or outstanding117 m

Nearest outstanding3.4 km

Source: Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

Jobs

Local jobs density and pay levels. Workplace pay reflects what jobs in this area pay; residence pay reflects what residents earn.

Jobs per resident0.45

Median salary£35,987/yr

Workplace salary£33,148/yr

Claimant count4.5%0.0pp

Detailed jobs & earnings breakdownSector mix · pay percentiles · economic activity · occupations · qualifications

Jobs by sector

% of local jobs (BRES — figure is the same across all neighbourhoods in this council area)

Retail & hospitality

24.1%

Health & social care

17.0%

Education

9.4%

Professional & business svcs

6.1%

Manufacturing

6.0%

Construction

5.3%

Tech & ICT

2.7%

Finance & insurance

1.2%

Total jobs (latest)94,000

Jobs growth — 5 year+5.6%

Jobs growth — year on year+1.1%

Net commute flow82,611

Pay percentiles — what residents earn

ASHE residence analysis, gross earnings

Lower quartile (annual)£25,032/yr

Median (annual)£35,987/yr

Mean (annual)£44,065/yr

Upper quartile (annual)£52,304/yr

Median weekly£689/wk

Median hourly£19.10/hr

Pay percentiles — what local jobs pay

ASHE workplace analysis

Lower quartile (annual)£23,589/yr

Median (annual)£33,148/yr

Mean (annual)£41,333/yr

Upper quartile (annual)£46,676/yr

Median weekly£651/wk

Median hourly£18.00/hr

Economic activity (Census 2021)

ILO unemployment 9.1% · 16+ residents

ILO unemployment rate: 9.1% · 55% economically active — Unemployed as a share of the economically active population (employed + job-seeking), matching the ONS Labour Force Survey definition. Inactive residents are excluded from the denominator.

Employed50%Unemployed5%Inactive45%

Census 2021 TS066: all residents aged 16+ split into three non-overlapping groups. Inactive covers students, retirees, full-time carers and the long-term sick — together these bars always sum to 100%. The ILO unemployment rate above strips out inactive residents, giving a figure comparable to the national headline rate.

Working-age population778

DWP claimants (people)5,460

DWP claimant rate4.5%

Claimant YoY change0.0pp

DWP claimant count tracks 16-64 residents on Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. It's narrower than Census "unemployed" (which includes anyone actively job-seeking, claiming or not) but updates monthly so it's the most current local indicator.

Occupation mix

working residents

Professional40%Service18%Manual22%

Qualifications

Census 2021, residents 16+

Degree or above29%

Apprenticeship7%

No qualifications18%

Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings + Business Register and Employment Survey + DWP claimant count.

Connectivity

Share of premises with each broadband tier available, latest Ofcom Connected Nations data.

Gigabit availability

100%

Ultrafast (≥100 Mbit/s)100%

Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)100%

Below USO (<10 Mbit/s)0.0%

Sub-2 Mbit/s0.0%

Broadband + mobile coverage detailGranular speed tiers · 4G / 5G indoor & outdoor

Fixed-line broadband — coverage by tier

Gigabit-capable100%

≥300 Mbit/s available100%

Ultrafast (≥100 Mbit/s)100%

Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)100%

Below USO (<10 Mbit/s)0.0%

Sub-2 Mbit/s premises0.0%

Mobile coverage

Ofcom Connected Nations 2025

4G indoor — any operator100%

4G indoor — all operators85%

5G outdoor — any operator98%

Voice indoor — any operator100%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, postcode-level coverage aggregated to local area.

Environment

Air quality (annual mean concentrations), flood risk, and walkable greenspace.

PM2.5 annual mean—

NO₂ annual mean—

Flood risk zone0

Greenspace within 300m67%

Parks within 1km4.8

Detailed environment breakdownGreenspace access · AHAH composite indices

Greenspace access (ONS, April 2020)

Distance to nearest greenspace254 m

Greenspaces within 1 km4.8

Combined greenspace area52.8 ha

Postcodes within 300 m of a park67%

AHAH — Access to Healthy Assets & Hazards

CDRC national percentile, higher = healthier neighbourhood

Overall AHAH

57 pct

Health services

82 pct

Green & blue space

59 pct

Air quality

48 pct

Retail hazards

46 pct

Source: Air: Defra UK-AIR PCM Background. Flood: Environment Agency. Greenspace: ONS access study (April 2020).

Healthcare

Walking distance to the nearest GP, hospital and dentist.

Nearest GP2.2 km

Nearest hospital2.4 km

Nearest dentist2.2 km

Fuel poverty8.3%

Detailed healthcare breakdownGP capacity · counts within walking distance · dental supply

GP supply

GP practices within 1 km0

GP practices within 3 km10

Patients per local GP7,871

Catchment concentration (HHI)3,191

Dental & hospital supply

Dentists within 3 km33

Dental UDA / 1k pop (ICB level)1375

Hospitals within 5 km4

Nearest urgent care2.4 km

Population health context

Self-reported good health77%

Self-reported bad health7%

Disability prevalence21%

IMD health sub-domain0.77

Source: NHS ODS / CQC Locations + nearest-feature distance from local area centroid.

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What's it like to rent in Bedford 005A?

Bedford 005A sits inside Brickhill, part of the wider Bedford council area in East of England. Editorial copy will replace this scaffold once the team has reviewed the area in person — until then the data tabs above are the authoritative reference.

Strengths and trade-offs

Read the dimensional ranks above for the canonical view of where this sub-area excels and where it lags. Any qualitative spin should follow from those numbers.

Who is Bedford 005A for?

Renters most likely to thrive here are those whose priorities align with the area's strongest scores. The demographics tab gives the clearest read — age profile, tenure mix and household composition are usually the best predictor of who'll feel at home on which streets.

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Frequently asked

What's the median rent in Bedford 005A?: The median monthly rent across Bedford 005A is £1,163.
How safe is Bedford 005A?: Bedford 005A has a safety score of 29/100 out of 100, where higher is safer.
How well-connected is Bedford 005A?: Transport score: 46/100. Combines public transit access and walkability.
Which neighbourhood is Bedford 005A part of?: Bedford 005A sits inside the Brickhill neighbourhood, in Bedford, East of England.

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