MK45 3UE

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 3UD 91 m
MK45 3UL 116 m
MK45 3JP 123 m
MK45 3UA 134 m
MK45 3UB 214 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
MK45 3UE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
MK
Postcode district
MK45
Postcode sector
MK45 3
Latitude
52.072712
Longitude
-0.487312
British National Grid easting
503,774
British National Grid northing
242,672

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
E00177144
Lower layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 008G · E01033818
Middle layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 008 · E02003606

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
6
  1. Houghton Conquest Lower School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  2. Broadmead Lower School

    Community school

    1.6 km
  3. Willow Grove Primary School

    Free schools

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
316
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 144
  • Anti social behaviour 49
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Vehicle crime 24
  • Burglary 17

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 straight-line

  • THE VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00560

    3.6 km

  • MARSTON FOREST HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code E81043

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Turvey Road

    BCT · Houghton Conquest

    0.1 miles
  • Turvey Road

    BCT · Houghton Conquest

    0.1 miles
  • Mill Lane

    BCT · Houghton Conquest

    0.6 miles
  • Juniper Drive

    BCT · Wixams

    0.6 miles
  • Mill Lane

    BCT · Houghton Conquest

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 008G, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,096 of 33,755

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

19 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 6 secondary schools. Houghton Conquest Lower School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

316 published events cover 12 months, averaging 26.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 144 events.

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