MK40 Postcode Data
Property data for the MK40 postcode district covering Bedford. Sold prices, crime statistics, energy performance, and demographic insights, all from HM Land Registry, Police UK, and the EPC Register.
Quick answer
The average sale price in MK40 is £223,972 (median £196,654), based on 56 HM Land Registry transactions. Police UK recorded 601 crimes within a 1-mile radius in 2026-03.
Headline pricing in MK40 is broadly in line with the UK national average (England & Wales average ~£290k as of 2025).
Avg sale price
£223,972
56 sales
Median price
£196,654
Crime incidents
601
2026-03
Avg EPC score
n/a
Recent sold prices
Latest 30 property sales in the MK40 area, sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
flat-maisonette
£225,722
53 sales
| Date | Address | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 41, MERCHANT GATE, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £192,500 |
| Oct 2025 | 20, MERCHANT GATE, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £300,000 |
| Apr 2024 | 18, MERCHANT GATE, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £215,000 |
| Mar 2024 | 18, MERCHANT GATE, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £255,000 |
| Nov 2021 | UNIT 4B1, RIVERSIDE SQUARE, BEDFORD | other | £48,200 |
| Aug 2021 | 22, MERCHANT GATE, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £410,000 |
| Jun 2021 | FLAT 1, VIKING HOUSE, DANE STREET, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £140,000 |
| Jun 2021 | FLAT 2, VIKING HOUSE, DANE STREET, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £120,000 |
| Jun 2021 | FLAT 1B, VIKING HOUSE, DANE STREET, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £120,000 |
| Jun 2021 | FLAT 1A, VIKING HOUSE, DANE STREET, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £125,000 |
| Mar 2021 | 25, MERCHANT GATE, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £340,000 |
| Sept 2020 | 8, MERCHANT GATE, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £228,750 |
| Mar 2020 | 45, MERCHANT GATE, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £370,000 |
| Nov 2019 | 35, MERCHANT GATE, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £350,000 |
| Jun 2019 | FLAT 4, VIKING HOUSE, DANE STREET, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £156,750 |
Crime in MK40
601 reported crimes within a 1-mile radius of the postcode centroid in 2026-03, from Police UK data.
Violent Crime
222
Anti Social Behaviour
90
Shoplifting
53
Public Order
48
Other Theft
40
Area information
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Country
- England
- Wards
- Biddenham, Castle & Newnham, De Parys
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Latitude
- 52.1380
- Longitude
- -0.4774
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HM Land Registry from 1995
Corporate freeholders
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EPC checker
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Crime checker
Local breakdown for MK40
Police UK monthly data
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Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, the official UK government records updated monthly. Sample uses the 30 most recent registered transactions in the postcode area.
Crime: Police UK street-level crime data. Counts cover a 1-mile radius from the MK40 postcode centroid for the most recent month available (typically 2 months behind).
EPC: opendatacommunities.org, the official UK Energy Performance Certificate register. Aggregate stats from up to 30 most recent certificates in the postcode.
Area data: postcodes.io, open data from the Office for National Statistics.