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MK43 9ST

Wootton & Kempston Rural · Bedford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bedford
Ward
Wootton & Kempston Rural
Local authority
Bedford
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Postcode district
MK43
Postcode sector
MK43 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
MK43 9RX 284 m
MK43 9RW 307 m
MK43 9RT 316 m
MK43 9RS 366 m
MK43 9RH 369 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
MK43 9ST
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2019
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
MK
Postcode district
MK43
Postcode sector
MK43 9
Latitude
52.088094
Longitude
-0.521896
British National Grid easting
501,369
British National Grid northing
244,334

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Bedford · E06000055
Electoral ward
Wootton & Kempston Rural · E05014517
Parish or community
E04011921
Westminster constituency
Mid Bedfordshire · E14001359
Output area
E00183519
Lower layer super output area
Bedford 020F · E01034426
Middle layer super output area
Bedford 020 · E02003635

Postcode source versions

Explore MK43

Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Unit 5, Swallow Way, Wootton, Bedford, MK43 9ST 18 September 2025 £28,180,000
Unit 4a, Swallow Way, Wootton, Bedford, MK43 9ST 22 December 2020 £2,654,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
14
Secondary
5

  1. Wootton Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  2. Wootton Academy

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

  3. Kimberley 16 - 19 Stem College

    Free schools 16 to 19

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
352
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 140
  • Anti social behaviour 60
  • Shoplifting 37
  • Criminal damage and arson 25
  • Public order 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
MK43 9 residents
11,173

Age bands in MK43 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.8%

2,516 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,075 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.1%

3,427 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.2%

2,446 residents

Age 65 and over
14.1%

1,552 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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
80%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
80%
Gigabit-capable
80%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WOOTTON VALE HLTH LIV CTR, FIELDS ROAD, WOOTTON, BEDFORD, MK43 9JJ

    ODS code Y00560

    748 m

  • MARSTON FOREST HEALTHCARE

    59 BEDFORD ROAD, MARSTON MORETAINE, BEDFORD, MK43 0LA

    ODS code E81043

    3.2 km

  • KING STREET SURGERY

    273 BEDFORD ROAD, KEMPSTON, BEDFORD, MK42 8QD

    ODS code E81038

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Amazon LTN7

    BCT · Wootton

    0.1 miles

  • Steele Walk

    BCT · Wootton

    0.2 miles

  • Lomax Gardens

    BCT · Wootton

    0.3 miles

  • Buckworth Drive

    BCT · Wootton

    0.4 miles

  • Fields Road Surgery

    BCT · Wootton

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bedford 020F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,033 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
10 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £28,180,000 from 1 recorded sale in MK43 9ST. 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.

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 5 secondary schools. Wootton Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

352 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 140 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.