Neighbourhood · Bedford · East of England
Queens Park
Bedford 013 · 5 sub-areas · 10,191 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Young professionals (74/100)Watch-out: Investors / BTL (69/100)Liveability 81/100 · Top quartileCommuter neighbourhood
Queens Park is a commuter neighbourhood within Bedford — train into London runs in around 47 minutes, and the rhythm of weekday mornings is shaped by it. The demographic profile leans family-aged, with a clear share of households with school-age children.
Liveability
81/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Queens Park?
A snapshot of Queens Park
2 parks and 5 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,163 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Queens Park in Bedford
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Queens Park?
- The median monthly rent across Queens Park is £1,163.
- How safe is Queens Park?
- Queens Park has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Queens Park?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 8 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Queens Park?
- There are 18 schools within 2 km of Queens Park, of which 50% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 1213 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Queens Park?
- The most common council tax band in Queens Park is B, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,987. Council tax is set by Bedford council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Queens Park to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Queens Park to central London is approximately 47 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Queens Park?
- 100% of premises in Queens Park are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Queens Park?
- Queens Park sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Queens Park?
- 50% of households in Queens Park are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Queens Park?
- The average property price across Bedford (the local authority covering Queens Park) is approximately £326,121, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Queens Park a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.45 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £35,987.)
- Which local areas are part of Queens Park?
- Queens Park contains 5 local areas: Bedford 013B, Bedford 013D, Bedford 013E, Bedford 013A, Bedford 013C.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Queens Park
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Queens Park?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Queens Park is £1,163. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Queens Park a safe place to live?
- Queens Park has a safety score of 60/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Queens Park?
- 50% of schools within 2 km of Queens Park are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Queens Park?
- Public-transport commute time from Queens Park to central London is approximately 47 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Queens Park different from the rest of Bedford?
- Queens Park contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Queens Park rank in Bedford?
- Queens Park scores 81/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Bedford, see the Cities table on the Bedford page.
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