Kingsbrook
Middle areaSouth Bedford. 11,087 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Kingsbrook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Kingsbrook
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kingsbrook at a rate of 170.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.8 per 1,000 people across Bedford.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 474 |
| Shoplifting | 467 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 305 |
| Other crime | 293 |
| Vehicle crime | 111 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 93 |
| Burglary | 56 |
| Drug offences | 50 |
| Robbery | 36 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Kingsbrook compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Kingsbrook safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Kingsbrook at a rate of 170.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.8 per 1,000 people across Bedford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 237 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Kingsbrook.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (474), shoplifting (467) and anti-social behaviour (305).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Bedford
These figures are published for the whole of Bedford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bedford and not Kingsbrook alone. See Bedford
Kingsbrook in brief
The median price paid for a home in Kingsbrook was £271,000 in 2025.
Kingsbrook had 10,684 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Kingsbrook live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Kingsbrook, 89.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.