Houghton Regis

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 7° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:29

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

231 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences84
• Anti-social behaviour53
• Criminal damage & arson20
• Public order20

Neighbourhood team: Houghton Regis and Rural · Bedfordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

475 reported road collisions (2025)

113 killed or seriously injured · 688 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

343 food businesses within 2 miles

• 273 rated 4–5 ★ (234 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Leagrave (4.3 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£355,263 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Central Bedfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,250 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £865
• 2 bed £1,097
• 3 bed £1,376

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

4,398 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (7.9 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

48 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: All Saints View Apartment 1 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Homeowners refunded £142,000 after rogue trader investigation· 3 Nov 2026
• Firework season sparks safety checks across Central Bedfordshire· 3 Nov 2026
• Protecting our roads and keeping Central Bedfordshire moving this winter· 29 Oct 2026
• Residents invited to help shape Public Health Funerals Policy· 29 Oct 2026
• Remembrance Day road closures – 2026· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Central Bedfordshire Council

294,252 residents in Central Bedfordshire · 411/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,665
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,435
• Net moves+4,230

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 230 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,516 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 134,350)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

136 schools · 49,238 pupils

95 primary · 14 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 52 of 59 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

129 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Central Bedfordshire

224 CQC-registered services

• Care homes64
• GP practices27
• Dentists56
• Homecare agencies58
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 85% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Central Bedfordshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

421 applications decided

81.5% granted · 343 granted, 78 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alex Mayer

Labour

Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

Source: UK Parliament

Independent (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 20
• LD 8
• Grn 1
• Ref 2
• Oth 28

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens18
• Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,040 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

116 jobs advertised · £38,124 avg

e.g. Forklift Driver PM, PPA LSA- Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), Forklift Driver

Source: Adzuna

£869 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,560 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

54% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 138,501 certificates

8.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 6%

174 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.9 women · 61.5 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

5 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in LU5

• Priory Gardens Surgery
• Houghton Regis Medical Centre
• Toddington Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND318 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth287 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after179 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills158 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases151 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis · 0.1 km

  The Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, is a medieval Grade I listed building. Characterised by flint and clunch checker work on the exterior, the church dates predominantly from the 13th and 14th cent…

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  Houghton Regis · 0.2 km

  Houghton Regis is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.

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  Bidwell, Bedfordshire · 0.3 km

  Bidwell is a hamlet located within the Parish of Houghton Regis in Central Bedfordshire, England.

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  The Crown, Houghton Regis · 0.4 km

  The Crown is a Grade II listed pub in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, England.

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  Luton Rural District · 0.7 km

  Luton Rural District was a local authority in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It covered an area which almost surrounded but did not include the towns of Luton and Dunstable.

• All Saints Academy, Dunstable · 1.0 km

  All Saints Academy is a co-ed secondary school located in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)