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MK45 3QW

Wixams & Wilstead · Bedford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bedford
Ward
Wixams & Wilstead
Local authority
Bedford
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Postcode district
MK45
Postcode sector
MK45 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
MK45 3QY 57 m
MK45 3QN 79 m
MK45 3RE 111 m
MK45 3QZ 140 m
MK45 3TJ 145 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
MK45 3QW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
MK
Postcode district
MK45
Postcode sector
MK45 3
Latitude
52.085811
Longitude
-0.483687
British National Grid easting
503,992
British National Grid northing
244,134

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Bedford · E06000055
Electoral ward
Wixams & Wilstead · E05014516
Parish or community
E04012998
Westminster constituency
Mid Bedfordshire · E14001359
Output area
E00183601
Lower layer super output area
Bedford 022C · E01034433
Middle layer super output area
Bedford 022 · E02007011

Postcode source versions

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Property

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14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Priory Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3QW 27 March 2025 £440,000
6, Priory Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3QW 26 November 2021 £464,000
4, Priory Road, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3QW 19 November 2021 £465,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
18
Secondary
6

  1. Willow Grove Primary School

    Free schools

    448 m

  2. Wixams Academy

    Free schools

    1.0 km

  3. Wixams Tree Primary Academy

    Free schools

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
428
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 202
  • Anti social behaviour 68
  • Public order 33
  • Criminal damage and arson 30
  • Vehicle crime 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
MK45 3 residents
7,839

Age bands in MK45 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,357 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

711 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.4%

1,903 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

2,046 residents

Age 65 and over
22.7%

1,767 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+
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%

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

    3.2 km

  • KING STREET SURGERY

    273 BEDFORD ROAD, KEMPSTON, BEDFORD, MK42 8QD

    ODS code E81038

    3.7 km

  • LONDON ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    84-86 LONDON ROAD, BEDFORD, MK42 0NT

    ODS code E81019

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Straw Lane

    BCT · Wixams

    0.2 miles

  • Straw Lane

    BCT · Wixams

    0.2 miles

  • Manor Road

    BCT · Kempston Hardwick

    0.2 miles

  • Manor Road

    BCT · Kempston Hardwick

    0.2 miles

  • Juniper Drive

    BCT · Wixams

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bedford 022C, 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

21,167 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 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
0
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 £442,500 from 8 recorded sales in MK45 3QW. 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

32 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 6 secondary schools. Willow Grove Primary School is the nearest published school at 448 m.

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

Recorded crime

428 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 202 events.

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