Kempston

10°CMist

• Today: 15° / 9° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 7° · Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:37

9h 44m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

82US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, 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

209 reported · August 2026▲ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences52
• Shoplifting39
• Anti-social behaviour35
• Criminal damage & arson20

Neighbourhood team: Kingsbrook, Kempston, Cauldwell · Bedfordshire

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

293 reported road collisions (2025)

69 killed or seriously injured · 383 casualties · 15.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

390 food businesses within 2 miles

• 321 rated 4–5 ★ (266 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bedford (2.7 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£330,462 average▲ 1.1% YoY

Across Bedford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,173 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £800
• 2 bed £1,029
• 3 bed £1,260

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

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (9.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,128 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: 174.9p · Asda (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

48 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: St. John's Street Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

185,227 residents in Bedford · 389/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,498
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,187
• Net moves+311

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 141 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 80,810)

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

84 schools · 35,150 pupils

53 primary · 12 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 35 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bedford

269 CQC-registered services

• Care homes73
• GP practices34
• Dentists50
• Homecare agencies81
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 82% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bedford

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

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

321 applications decided

79.4% granted · 255 granted, 66 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mohammad Yasin

Labour

Bedford

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 12
• Con 14
• LD 13
• Grn 4
• Oth 3

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens21
• Restaurants & cafés40

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

63 jobs advertised · £39,326 avg

e.g. Audit Senior, Audit and Accounts Professional, Commercial Cleaners for Offices

Source: Adzuna

£780 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,626 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 · 90,060 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

44% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Nuclear 20% · Wind 16% · Biomass 9%

225 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 80.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.7 women · 62.5 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

15 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in MK42

• London Road Health Centre
• Cauldwell Medical Centre
• King Street Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bedford:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks165 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND158 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately136 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases119 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants119 local signatures · 39,730 nationwide

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

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  Kempston · 0.3 km

  Kempston is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, situated around 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Bedford town centre. It had a population of 19,330 in the 2011 census, and forms p…

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  Kempston gravel pit railway · 0.4 km

  Kempston gravel pit railway was a narrow-gauge tramway which connected a gravel pit in the Hill Grounds area of Kempston, Bedfordshire to Bedford Road. There are a small number of records of its operation in the late…

• Kempston South · 0.7 km

  Kempston South is an electoral ward and area within the town of Kempston, Bedfordshire, England.

• Grange Academy, Kempston · 0.8 km

  Grange Academy is a coeducational special school located in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. The school accepts pupils between the ages of 5 and 16 years with Moderate Learning Difficulties from all over the Borough o…

• Kempston North · 0.8 km

  Kempston North is an electoral ward and area within the town of Kempston, Bedfordshire, England.

• Kempston Academy · 0.9 km

  Kempston Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located on Hill Rise in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. The school forms part of an educational campus which also includes a Child Development Centre and Ri…

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