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Woburn

Woburn is a village in Bedfordshire, England, with a population of around 933. It has nine restaurants or cafés, four bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Aspley Guise, 3.8 km away. There were around 10 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Woburn area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Central Bedfordshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 294,252 residents at roughly 411 people per km².

Council
Central Bedfordshire
County
Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 76th of 294 English council areas — better than 74% of them.

Low crime88
Home affordability31
Affordable rents35
Good schools47
Life expectancy74
Low deprivation83
Employment68
Low council tax28

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

22°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 11° · 61% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:26

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 20% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1
  • Public order1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Flitwick, Ampthill, Marston and Cranfield · Bedfordshire

Local policing priorities

  • ASB Beaumont Park, Flitwick & ASB Maulden Rec, Maulden Regular youth ASB occurring around Beaumont park and Maulden Rec.
  • ASB Forest Centre, Marston Regular anti-social behaviour occurring at Marston Forest centre.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

47 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 42 rated 4–5 ★ (30 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Aspley Guise (3.7 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Aspley Guise (3.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£356,453 average 2.9% YoY

Across Central Bedfordshire · to 2026-06

Detached£609,871
Semi-detached£377,764
Terraced£298,788
Flat£173,703

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (11.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Morrisons (8.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

33 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: The Woburn Hotel (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools6
  • Sports pitches2
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

294,252 residents in Central Bedfordshire · 411/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,516 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,677
B £1,957
C £2,237
D £2,516
E £3,075
F £3,634
G £4,194
H £5,032

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Cedars Upper SchoolGood
  • Harlington Upper SchoolGood
  • Manshead Church of England AcademyGood
  • Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeGood
  • Fulbrook SchoolRequires improvement
  • All Saints Academy Dunstable
  • Edward Peake CofE VC School
  • Henlow Church of England Academy
  • Houstone School
  • Queensbury Academy
  • Samuel Whitbread Academy
  • Sandy Secondary School
  • Stratton School
  • Vandyke Upper School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Woburn Conservation Area)
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 84 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

359 applications decided

83.8% granted · 301 granted, 58 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Blake Stephenson

Conservative

Mid Bedfordshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £34,070 avg

e.g. Sign Up To Drive With Uber - Flexible Alternative To Driving Jobs, Open Driver Account With Uber - Drive And Earn When And Where You Want, Property End of Tenancy Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Solar 17% · Gas 15% · Biomass 9%

70 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Bedfordshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Woburn Town Hall · 0.0 km

    Woburn Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Woburn, Bedfordshire, England. The town hall, which has largely been converted for retail use, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Woburn, Bedfordshire · 0.1 km

    Woburn is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Milton Keynes and 3 miles (5 km) south of junction 13 of the M1 motorway. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 933.

  • Woburn Rural District · 0.1 km

    Woburn was a rural district in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1900, covering Woburn and surrounding parishes.

  • St Mary's Church, Woburn · 0.2 km

    St Mary's Church, Woburn, is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Woburn, Bedfordshire.

  • Woburn Cottage Hospital · 0.8 km

    Woburn Cottage Hospital was a hospital in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England.

  • Woburn Abbey · 1.6 km

    Woburn Abbey, occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford. Although it is still a family home to the current duke, it is open on speci…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Woburn?
Woburn is a town in Bedfordshire, England, in the Central Bedfordshire local authority.
What is the population of Woburn?
Woburn has an approximate settlement population of 933.
How deprived is Woburn?
The Central Bedfordshire local authority, which includes Woburn, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.