MK42 Postcode Data
Property data for the MK42 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 MK42 is £296,229 (median £272,000), based on 143 HM Land Registry transactions. Police UK recorded 336 crimes within a 1-mile radius in 2026-05.
Headline pricing in MK42 is broadly in line with the UK national average (England & Wales average ~£290k as of 2025). Stock is dominated by flat-maisonette properties (54 of the last 143 sales).
Avg sale price
£296,229
143 sales
Median price
£272,000
Crime incidents
336
2026-05
Avg EPC score
n/a
186 certs
Recent sold prices
Latest 30 property sales in the MK42 area, sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
flat-maisonette
£257,277
54 sales
terraced
£270,103
43 sales
detached
£318,654
39 sales
semi-detached
£250,874
4 sales
| Date | Address | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | 54, TURNPIKE GARDENS, BEDFORD | detached | £440,000 |
| Dec 2025 | 5, DUCKMILL CRESCENT, BEDFORD | terraced | £535,000 |
| Oct 2025 | 20, TURNPIKE GARDENS, BEDFORD | detached | £375,000 |
| Aug 2025 | 12, DUCKMILL CRESCENT, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £345,000 |
| Aug 2025 | 8, TURNPIKE GARDENS, BEDFORD | detached | £450,000 |
| Jun 2025 | 28, DUCKMILL CRESCENT, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £340,000 |
| May 2025 | 9, TURNPIKE GARDENS, BEDFORD | detached | £425,000 |
| Mar 2025 | 30, TURNPIKE GARDENS, BEDFORD | terraced | £295,000 |
| Mar 2025 | 48, TURNPIKE GARDENS, BEDFORD | semi-detached | £300,000 |
| Oct 2024 | 34, DUCKMILL CRESCENT, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £365,000 |
| Jul 2024 | 14, DUCKMILL CRESCENT, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £410,000 |
| Jul 2024 | 32, DUCKMILL CRESCENT, BEDFORD | flat-maisonette | £385,000 |
| May 2024 | 32, CARMICHAEL DRIVE, BEDFORD | terraced | £330,000 |
| May 2024 | 36, TURNPIKE GARDENS, BEDFORD | terraced | £352,500 |
| May 2024 | 46, TURNPIKE GARDENS, BEDFORD | terraced | £300,000 |
Crime in MK42
336 reported crimes within a 1-mile radius of the postcode centroid in 2026-05, from Police UK data.
Violent Crime
106
Anti Social Behaviour
55
Shoplifting
49
Other Theft
23
Criminal Damage Arson
22
Energy performance
Aggregate EPC stats from 186 recently-certified properties in the MK42 area.
Sample size
186
Rating distribution
A
3
B
56
C
117
D
9
E
1
F
0
G
0
Area information
- Local authority
- Bedford, Central Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Wards
- Cauldwell, Greyfriars, Houghton Conquest & Haynes
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Latitude
- 52.1163
- Longitude
- -0.4712
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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, covering a 1-mile radius from the MK42 postcode centroid for the most recent month available (typically 2 months behind). For Scottish postcodes we use Police Scotland recorded-crime counts published by the Scottish Government (2024-25), reported by council area.
EPC: opendatacommunities.org, the official Energy Performance Certificate register for England and Wales. Aggregate stats from up to 30 most recent certificates in the postcode. For Scottish postcodes we use Scottish EPC Register lodgements, aggregated to a council-level band distribution (Q2 2025 to Q1 2026). For Northern Ireland we use the NISRA Census 2021 EPC-band classification of every household, aggregated by council (Census 2021).
Area data: postcodes.io, open data from the Office for National Statistics.