Great Denham
WardSouth west Bedford. About 4,989 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Great Denham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Great Denham compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Great Denham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Denham at a rate of 58.4 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, 23 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Denham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (82), anti-social behaviour (76) and other crime (49).
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 ward, so they describe all of Bedford and not Great Denham alone. See Bedford
Great Denham in brief
Great Denham had 4,738 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Great Denham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Great Denham, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Great Denham, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.