Property market
The five-year median is £317,250 from 3,080 recorded sales in MK40. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Bedford is £329,830 in June 2026, up 4.4% year on year.
MK40
UK postcode district
Part of Bedford
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,576
- Current units
- 930
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 13
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 646
Postcode sectors in MK40
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,562 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 21, Greenkeepers Road, Great Denham, Bedford, MK40 4FS | 23 July 2026 | £370,000 |
| 21, Peacock Lane, Biddenham, Bedford, MK40 4WS | 17 July 2026 | £386,000 |
| 1, Regents Mews, Biddenham, Bedford, MK40 4DL | 17 July 2026 | £540,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 5,671
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,219
- Anti social behaviour 624
- Public order 450
- Other theft 380
- Criminal damage and arson 350
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- MK40 usual residents
- 39,401
- Age-profile population
- 38,901
Age bands in MK40
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.9%
- 7,337 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.8%
- 4,592 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.9%
- 12,787 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.2%
- 9,023 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 13.3%
- 5,162 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 889 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 814 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 670 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
ASHBURNHAM ROAD SURGERY
8 ASHBURNHAM ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 1DS
ODS code E81615
GOLDINGTON AVENUE SURGERY
85 GOLDINGTON AVENUE, BEDFORD, MK40 3DB
ODS code E81047
LINDEN ROAD SURGERY
13 LINDEN ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 2DQ
ODS code E81060
QUEENS PARK HEALTH CENTRE
23C CARLISLE ROAD, QUEEN'S PARK, BEDFORD, MK40 4HR
ODS code E81021
THE DE PARYS GROUP
ENHANCED SERVICES CENTRE, BEDFORD HEALTH VILLAGE, 3 KIMBOLTON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 2NT
ODS code E81037
Evidence in context
Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,671 published events cover 12 months, averaging 473 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,219 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.