Cranfield & Aspley Guise

Central Bedfordshire · East of England · population 10,793 · 7 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #992 of 6,856 in England
  • #122 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 33 in Central Bedfordshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,294
Median age (est.)37
Density252per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above45%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 14%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 11%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 23%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 9%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 83%Asian 9%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 41% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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

Cranfield & Aspley Guise is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #992 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 33 in Central Bedfordshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (95) but weak on Housing & access (27). Typical homes here sold for about £380,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 114 sales), in line with the wider Central Bedfordshire median of £363,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,357 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 84 · #1,102
Employment 90 · #670
Education 68 · #2,157
Health 85 · #1,040
Crime 95 · #361
Housing & access 27 · #5,009
Living environment 76 · #1,636

House prices ?

£380,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=114
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,0001140.0%+7.2%
Detached£495,00040+2.1%+10.0%
Semi-detached£347,50050+2.1%+13.0%
Terraced£317,50020+2.8%+18.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£380,000
Central Bedfordshire£363,000
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)£51,357±£7,269 · #858 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,691
Price-to-income ?7.4×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 340 offences
Central Bedfordshire51
East of England70
England83

Rank #515 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences155
Theft42
Burglary22
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons38
Drugs20
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 82 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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