MK45 3SF

Houghton Conquest & Haynes · Central Bedfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Postcode district
MK45
Postcode sector
MK45 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
MK45 3SH 31 m
MK45 3SG 81 m
MK45 3SB 93 m
MK45 3SJ 135 m
MK45 3SD 176 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
MK45 3SF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
MK
Postcode district
MK45
Postcode sector
MK45 3
Latitude
52.082276
Longitude
-0.475955
British National Grid easting
504,530
British National Grid northing
243,752

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
Parish or community
E04012807
Westminster constituency
Mid Bedfordshire · E14001359
Output area
E00177183
Lower layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 008F · E01033817
Middle layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 008 · E02003606

Postcode source versions

Explore MK45

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

    507 m
  2. Wixams Academy

    Free schools

    759 m
  3. Wixams Tree Primary Academy

    Free schools

    876 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
494
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 236
  • Anti social behaviour 81
  • Public order 39
  • Criminal damage and arson 36
  • Vehicle crime 22

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • THE VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00560

    3.8 km

  • KING STREET SURGERY

    273 BEDFORD ROAD, KEMPSTON, BEDFORD, MK42 8QD

    ODS code E81038

    4.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Straw Lane

    BCT · Wixams

    0.3 miles
  • Straw Lane

    BCT · Wixams

    0.3 miles
  • Orchid Way

    BCT · Wixams

    0.4 miles
  • Orchid Way

    BCT · Wixams

    0.4 miles
  • Juniper Drive

    BCT · Wixams

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 008F, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,170 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

32 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 6 secondary schools. Willow Grove Primary School is the nearest published school at 507 m.

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

Recorded crime

494 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 236 events.

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