MK40
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bedford, Queen's Park and Biddenham, in Bedford.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an MK40 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 1% of people in MK40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How MK40 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is MK40 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in MK40 at a rate of 145.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.5 per 1,000 people across the MK postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 650 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in MK40.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,301), other crime (1,199) and anti-social behaviour (884).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in MK40 was 134.8 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in MK40, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so MK40 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in MK40
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford 008B | 2,360 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.8% |
| Bedford 008F | 1,520 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| Bedford 008G | 1,508 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.1% |
| Bedford 008H | 1,520 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Bedford 008I | 1,335 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Bedford 009A | 1,411 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Bedford 009B | 1,743 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Bedford 009C | 1,405 | 105.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.8% |
| Bedford 009D | 1,376 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| Bedford 010C | 1,380 | 194.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.5% |
| Bedford 010E | 1,879 | 115.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.3% |
| Bedford 010F | 1,863 | 374.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.2% |
| Bedford 012A | 2,306 | 463.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 72.5% |
| Bedford 012B | 1,363 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| Bedford 012C | 1,381 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Bedford 012E | 1,309 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Bedford 012F | 1,884 | 394.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 74.6% |
| Bedford 012G | 1,125 | 93.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 62.3% |
| Bedford 012H | 1,280 | 641.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 40.2% |
| Bedford 013A | 2,211 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Bedford 013B | 2,541 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.4% |
| Bedford 013C | 1,498 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| Bedford 013D | 1,885 | 127.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Bedford 013E | 1,644 | 69.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
MPs for MK40
- Mohammad YasinLabourMP for Bedford80% of MK40’s postcodes
- Richard FullerConservativeMP for North Bedfordshire20% of MK40’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in MK405
Postcode sectors in MK405
Council1
Towns in MK401
Postcode districts next to MK403
Nearest rail stations3
More in the MK postcode area2
MK40 in brief
MK40 is a postcode district covering Bedford, Queen's Park and Biddenham, in Bedford.
About 42,603 people lived in MK40 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 589 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 145.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in MK40 was £350,000 in 2025.
MK40 had 40,022 usual residents at the census.
About 1% of people in MK40 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In MK40, 86.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.