MK45 5AH

Westoning, Flitton & Greenfield · Central Bedfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bedford
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Postcode district
MK45
Postcode sector
MK45 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LU5 6PA 831 m
LU5 6GL 885 m
MK45 5LE 903 m
MK45 5FT 913 m
MK45 5FS 918 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
MK45 5AH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
MK
Postcode district
MK45
Postcode sector
MK45 5
Latitude
51.973233
Longitude
-0.506589
British National Grid easting
502,680
British National Grid northing
231,581

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Central Bedfordshire · E06000056
Parish or community
E04011998
Westminster constituency
Mid Bedfordshire · E14001359
Output area
E00088120
Lower layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 017E · E01017450
Middle layer super output area
Central Bedfordshire 017 · E02003615

Postcode source versions

Explore MK45

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Quinton, Toddington Road, Westoning, Bedford, MK45 5AH 18 September 2025 £415,000
Quinton, Toddington Road, Westoning, Bedford, MK45 5AH 22 February 2024 £470,000
Sunnyside, Toddington Road, Westoning, Bedford, MK45 5AH 27 September 2022 £1,650,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
9
Secondary
3
  1. Harlington Lower School

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    1.2 km
  2. Westoning Lower School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km
  3. Harlington Upper School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
167
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 72
  • Anti social behaviour 28
  • Vehicle crime 25
  • Public order 15
  • Burglary 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

1 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.0
MK45 5 residents
5,007

Age bands in MK45 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

821 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

525 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.9%

1,074 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.3%

1,610 residents

Age 65 and over
21.7%

1,114 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider MK45 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

2

within 5 km

  • TODDINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    LUTON ROAD, TODDINGTON, DUNSTABLE, LU5 6DE

    ODS code E81034

    3.5 km

  • FLITWICK SURGERY

    HIGHLANDS, FLITWICK, BEDFORD, MK45 1DW

    ODS code E81015

    3.7 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

  • Garden Cemetery

    BCT · Harlington

    0.5 miles
  • Garden Cemetery

    BCT · Harlington

    0.5 miles
  • Bunyan Road

    BCT · Westoning

    0.6 miles
  • Glebe Gardens

    BCT · Harlington

    0.7 miles
  • The Chequers

    BCT · Westoning

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Central Bedfordshire 017E, 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

23,527 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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
1
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 £470,000 from 3 recorded sales in MK45 5AH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Central Bedfordshire is £356,453 in June 2026, up 2.9% year on year.

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 3 secondary schools. Harlington Lower 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

167 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 72 events.

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