MK43
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bromham and Wootton, in Bedford and Central Bedfordshire.
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 MK43 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 12% of people in MK43 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How MK43 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is MK43 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in MK43 at a rate of 38.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 87.5 per 1,000 people across the MK postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 175 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in MK43.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (635), anti-social behaviour (348) and other crime (294).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in MK43 was 36.9 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 MK43, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so MK43 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in MK43
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford 002A | 1,405 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 17.2% |
| Bedford 002B | 1,508 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 37.7% |
| Bedford 002D | 1,949 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 35.4% |
| Bedford 002E | 1,192 | 16.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 34.3% |
| Bedford 002F | 1,599 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 71.3% |
| Bedford 003E | 2,510 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 64.6% |
| Bedford 008A | 1,643 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.5% |
| Bedford 008D | 1,585 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| Bedford 008E | 1,358 | 18.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.2% |
| Bedford 020B | 2,781 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.3% |
| Bedford 020C | 1,367 | 16.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| Bedford 020D | 1,980 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.0% |
| Bedford 020E | 1,882 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.0% |
| Bedford 020F | 2,337 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 007C | 1,476 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 007F | 1,778 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 007H | 1,885 | 61.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 28.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 007I | 1,364 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 007J | 1,336 | 19.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 009C | 1,481 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Central Bedfordshire 009F | 1,686 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% |
| Central Bedfordshire 009G | 1,663 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 35.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 009H | 1,304 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 009I | 1,367 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 009J | 1,047 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
MPs for MK43
- Blake StephensonConservativeMP for Mid Bedfordshire57% of MK43’s postcodes
- Richard FullerConservativeMP for North Bedfordshire41% of MK43’s postcodes
- Mohammad YasinLabourMP for Bedford1.5% of MK43’s postcodes
- Chris CurtisLabourMP for Milton Keynes North1.1% of MK43’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 MK434
Postcode sectors in MK437
Councils MK43 covers2
Towns in MK431
Postcode districts next to MK439
More in the MK postcode area2
MK43 in brief
MK43 is a postcode district covering Bromham and Wootton, in Bedford and Central Bedfordshire.
About 45,112 people lived in MK43 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £375,000 in 2025 across 570 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 38.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in MK43 was £375,000 in 2025.
MK43 had 42,389 usual residents at the census.
About 12% of people in MK43 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In MK43, 75.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.