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Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople

Middle area

East Bedford. 11,958 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 114 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 2% of people in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£464,975
1,250th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
11,853
301st most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
2%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
50.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople at a rate of 53.7 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.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences214
Anti-social behaviour154
Other crime125
Vehicle crime46
Criminal damage and arson41
Burglary31
Drug offences22
Shoplifting7
Robbery2
Theft from the person0

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

Wyboston, Great Barford & CopleMiddle
Median sale price21 middle areas, Bedford · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Bedford21 areas from £248,000 to £464,975. The middle area is £337,500. Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople is £464,975.
£464,975most expensive
Population21 middle areas, Bedford · 2021
Population: every middle area in Bedford21 areas from 5,507 to 12,828. The middle area is 8,870. Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople is 11,853.
11,8532nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 middle areas, Bedford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Bedford21 areas from 0.0% to 53.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople is 2.0%.
2%5th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 middle areas, Bedford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Bedford21 areas from 47.4% to 99.8%. The middle area is 93.0%. Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople is 50.0%.
50.0%2nd lowest

Is Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople at a rate of 53.7 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, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (214), anti-social behaviour (154) and other crime (125).

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 Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople alone. See Bedford

Average house price
£330,462
Up 1.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,214
116th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.0×
Joint 133rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.7
Joint 138th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople in brief

The median price paid for a home in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople was £464,975 in 2025.

Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople had 11,853 usual residents at the census.

About 2% of people in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople, 50.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.