Leighton Buzzard

19°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 25° / 16° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:22

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

279 reported · July 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences102
• Anti-social behaviour50
• Vehicle crime27
• Criminal damage & arson25

Neighbourhood team: Leighton Buzzard and Rural · Bedfordshire

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

510 reported road collisions (2024)

125 killed or seriously injured · 738 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

202 food businesses within 2 miles

• 177 rated 4–5 ★ (145 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Page's Park (1.1 km)
• 33 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£356,453 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Central Bedfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,249 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £864
• 2 bed £1,097
• 3 bed £1,374

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Morrisons (0.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Morrisons (0.4 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: Hockliffe Street (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches43
• Playgrounds30

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Record-breaking start for Leighton Leisure and Community Centre as memberships and attendance surge· 10 Sept 2026
• Green Flags flying high at Central Bedfordshire schools· 8 Sept 2026
• Fostering families enjoy summer picnic at Whipsnade Zoo· 2 Sept 2026
• Housing Matters - August 2026· 2 Sept 2026
• Electric cars, e-bikes and energy savings: Free event comes to Leighton Buzzard· 28 Aug 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 264 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

221 CQC-registered services

• Care homes64
• GP practices27
• Dentists56
• Homecare agencies56
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 85% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Central Bedfordshire

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

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

359 applications decided

83.8% granted · 301 granted, 58 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens31
• Restaurants & cafés68

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

645 jobs advertised · £38,691 avg

e.g. Mobile Mechanic, Mobile Vehicle Technician - South East, Roadside Vehicle Technician

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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Nuclear 20% · Wind 17% · Biomass 10%

212 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

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

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership435 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s384 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test374 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office347 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth285 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge · 0.2 km

  The Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge is an escarpment which runs through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Cambridgeshire in the south and east of England. A pathway runs along the ridge from Leighton Buzzard to Gamlinga…

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  Old Town Hall, Leighton Buzzard · 0.2 km

  The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. The town hall, which is currently used as a restaurant, is a Grade II listed building.

• Leighton Buzzard Urban District · 0.3 km

  The town of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, England, was administered as a Local Government District from 1891 to 1894 and an Urban District from 1894 to 1965.

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  Leighton Buzzard · 0.3 km

  Leighton Buzzard is a market town in the civil parish of Leighton–Linslade, in the Central Bedfordshire district, in Bedfordshire, England, in the southwest of the county and close to the Buckinghamshire border. It li…

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  Leighton Town F.C. · 0.5 km

  Leighton Town Football Club are an English football club located in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. They were established in 1885. The club plays home games at Bell Close and currently play in the Southern League Prem…

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  Leedon · 0.7 km

  Leedon is a former hamlet in Bedfordshire, England, which is now part of Leighton Buzzard town. Originally, Leedon was a small rural settlement and was part of the Eggington civil parish. However, the expansion of Lei…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)