Property market
The five-year median is £300,000 from 4,529 recorded sales in MK42. 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.
MK42
UK postcode district
Part of Bedford
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,673
- Current units
- 1,288
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 385
Postcode sectors in MK42
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
29,220 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 5, Brize Gardens, Shortstown, Bedford, MK42 0JQ | 28 July 2026 | £510,000 |
| 36, Burr Close, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7FF | 27 July 2026 | £450,000 |
| 17, Belfry Close, Elstow, Bedford, MK42 9RQ | 24 July 2026 | £275,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 26
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 5
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 6,575
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,386
- Shoplifting 817
- Anti social behaviour 773
- Public order 490
- Criminal damage and arson 451
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- MK42 usual residents
- 56,441
- Age-profile population
- 56,768
Age bands in MK42
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 20.8%
- 11,814 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.3%
- 6,402 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 32%
- 18,149 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.6%
- 13,389 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 12.4%
- 7,014 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 1,230 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, 1,188 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,051 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
2
in this district
KING STREET SURGERY
273 BEDFORD ROAD, KEMPSTON, BEDFORD, MK42 8QD
ODS code E81038
LONDON ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
84-86 LONDON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK42 0NT
ODS code E81019
Evidence in context
Schools
26 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 5 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
6,575 published events cover 12 months, averaging 548 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,386 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.