What's the median rent in Bedford 005F?

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

How safe is Bedford 005F?

Bedford 005F has a safety score of 98/100 out of 100, where higher is safer.

How well-connected is Bedford 005F?

Transport score: 41/100. Combines public transit access and walkability.

Which neighbourhood is Bedford 005F part of?

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

Sub-area · Brickhill · Bedford · East of England

Living in Bedford 005F

Part of Brickhill · 1,222 residents

Bedford 005F is a sub-area in Brickhill, Bedford that skews 50–64 year-old and owner-occupied dominant. Median rent sits at £1,163 a month, up 4.3% on the year, with council tax in band C adding roughly £206/mo. Safety ranks in the bottom decile of UK sub-areas (95th percentile nationally). Gigabit broadband reaches 100% of premises.

Median rent

£1,163+4.3%

vs last year

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Liveability

75/100

Composite score

Safety

98/100

Higher is safer

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Transport

41/100

Transit + walk

Schools

41/100

Ofsted-weighted

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 1822%

18–3415%

35–4921%

50–6422%

65+21%

Population1,222

Tenure & housing type

Owner-occupied79%

Private rent13%

Social rent8%

Flats4%

Terraced27%

Semi-detached15%

Detached54%

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

Household composition

One person26%Couple with children22%Lone parent9%Other4%

Ethnic mix

Diversity index 32.40

White82%Asian8%Black4%Mixed3%Other3%

Religion (Census 2021, voluntary question)

Christian53%Muslim4%No religion32%Other6%

Country of birth

Born in UK83%

Born outside UK17%

General health (self-reported)

Good86%Fair11%Bad3%

Disability prevalence12%

Education attainment (residents 16+)

Degree or above37%

Apprenticeship8%

No qualifications13%

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

Cost

An all-in monthly cost estimate for Bedford 005F comes to about £1,487 — combining rent, council tax (band C), and an EPC-based utility estimate.

Affordability score

50/100· 35th percentile nationally

All-in monthly

£1,487

Rent + council tax + utility estimate

Median rent (any size)£1,163/mo+4.3%

2-bed median rent£1,020/mo

Council tax (estimated)£2,511/yr

Sale price (median)£355,000+3.6%

Price-to-earnings9.9×

Rent / take-home39%

EPC median bandC

Yield (gross BTL)3.5%

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)16

Lower quartile sale£290,000

Upper quartile sale£415,000

Affordability & running costs

Years to save 10% deposit4.9 yr

Mortgage (25y, 5%)£1,868/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 bandC

Fuel poverty (LILEE)6.0%

EPC homes rated A/B0%

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 bandC

Completions / 1,0009.2

Detailed housing breakdownCouncil tax bands · EPC stock · supply pipeline

Council tax band distribution

520 dwellings · VOA CTSOP

Band A4%Band B12%Band C33%Band D25%Band E25%Band F4%

Modal bandC

Total dwellings520

Band D — billing only£2,051/yr

Band D — incl. all precepts£2,472/yr

Estimated for this local area's mix£2,511/yr

EPC stock

Median EPC bandC

% rated A or B0%

EPC certificates lodged16

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

98/100· 95th percentile nationally

Total / 1k / yr21.995th percentile nationally

Violent / 1k / yr7.3

Burglary / 1k / yr0.8

ASB / 1k / yr4.9

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

7.3

Anti-social behaviour

4.9

Vehicle crime

2.4

Public order

1.6

Criminal damage & arson

1.6

Other crime

1.6

Burglary

0.8

Other theft

0.8

Drugs

0.8

Personal safety (composite)

Personal-safety index per 1k7.3

IMD crime sub-domain (lower = safer)-0.66

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

41/100· 29th percentile nationally

Nearest rail3.5 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

83 min

Birmingham

129 min

Sheffield

159 min

Manchester

176 min

Liverpool

187 min

Leeds

198 min

Bristol

208 min

Cardiff

234 min

Edinburgh

323 min

Glasgow

337 min

Job accessibility from this area

Minutes to reach N jobs by car / public transport

Drive — 100 jobs reachable7 min

PT — 100 jobs reachable7 min

Drive — 500 jobs reachable10 min

PT — 500 jobs reachable12 min

Drive — 5,000 jobs reachable17 min

PT — 5,000 jobs reachable34 min

How residents travel to work

Census 2021 mode share

Car56%Public5%Active4%WFH33%

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

Schools

Distribution of Ofsted ratings amongst schools serving this area.

School score

41/100

Outstanding—

Good—

Schools in catchment—

Nearest outstanding3.6 km

Detailed school breakdownFull Ofsted distribution · distances · catchment counts

Ofsted rating distribution

schools whose postcode falls in this local area

Outstanding (count)—

Good (count)—

Requires improvement (count)—

Inadequate (count)—

Schools within walking distance

Schools within 2 km6

Good or outstanding within 2 km2

% within 2 km that are good/outstanding33%

Nearest school523 m

Nearest good or outstanding523 m

Nearest outstanding3.6 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 flow82,570

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 5.3% · 16+ residents

ILO unemployment rate: 5.3% · 64% 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.

Employed61%Unemployed3%Inactive36%

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 population710

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

Professional53%Service15%Manual13%

Qualifications

Census 2021, residents 16+

Degree or above37%

Apprenticeship8%

No qualifications13%

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 mean7.0 µg/m³

NO₂ annual mean7.0 µg/m³

Flood risk zone0

Greenspace within 300m39%

Parks within 1km4.8

Detailed environment breakdownGreenspace access · AHAH composite indices

Greenspace access (ONS, April 2020)

Distance to nearest greenspace306 m

Greenspaces within 1 km4.8

Combined greenspace area56.6 ha

Postcodes within 300 m of a park39%

AHAH — Access to Healthy Assets & Hazards

CDRC national percentile, higher = healthier neighbourhood

Overall AHAH

42 pct

Health services

86 pct

Green & blue space

33 pct

Air quality

48 pct

Retail hazards

26 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 hospital2.5 km

Nearest dentist2.5 km

Fuel poverty6.0%

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)3,435

Dental & hospital supply

Dentists within 3 km25

Dental UDA / 1k pop (ICB level)1375

Hospitals within 5 km4

Nearest urgent care2.5 km

Population health context

Self-reported good health86%

Self-reported bad health3%

Disability prevalence12%

IMD health sub-domain-0.20

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

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

Bedford 005F 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 005F 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 005F?: The median monthly rent across Bedford 005F is £1,163.
How safe is Bedford 005F?: Bedford 005F has a safety score of 98/100 out of 100, where higher is safer.
How well-connected is Bedford 005F?: Transport score: 41/100. Combines public transit access and walkability.
Which neighbourhood is Bedford 005F part of?: Bedford 005F sits inside the Brickhill neighbourhood, in Bedford, East of England.

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