Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople

Bedford · East of England · population 11,923 · 7 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,726 of 6,856 in England
  • #379 of 746 in East of England
  • #10 of 21 in Bedford
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,854
Median age (est.)45
Density104per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above36%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 11%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 22%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 5%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 5%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 37% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,726 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 21 in Bedford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (73) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here, about £452,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 41% in five years (from 178 sales), 31% above the wider Bedford median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,160 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 43 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 70 · #2,075
Employment 73 · #1,869
Education 63 · #2,555
Health 61 · #2,699
Crime 67 · #2,247
Housing & access 8 · #6,284
Living environment 49 · #3,508

House prices ?

£452,500median (12m) · +17.5% yr · n=178
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£452,500178+17.5%+41.4%
Detached£580,000103+4.0%+31.8%
Semi-detached£342,50045-0.5%+29.7%
Terraced£284,00029-2.2%+20.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£452,500
Bedford£345,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£48,160±£6,726 · #1,422 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,852
Price-to-income ?9.4×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 513 offences
Bedford80
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,512 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences217
Theft64
Burglary46
Vehicle crime44
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons39
Drugs25
Robbery4
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 135 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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