Bedwell

Stevenage · East of England · population 8,238 · 5 LSOAs

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

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,879 of 6,856 in England
  • #638 of 746 in East of England
  • #12 of 12 in Stevenage
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,057
Median age (est.)35
Density3,107per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above30%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 34%45–64 23%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 36%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Elementary13%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 12%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 77%Asian 12%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 40% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 25%

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

Bedwell is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,879 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 12 in Stevenage. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (79) but weak on Crime (14). Typical homes here, about £321,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 42 sales), 7% below the wider Stevenage median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,690 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 227 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 22 · #5,372
Employment 25 · #5,126
Education 24 · #5,242
Health 29 · #4,845
Crime 14 · #5,921
Housing & access 72 · #1,883
Living environment 79 · #1,438

House prices ?

£321,250median (12m) · +10.3% yr · n=42
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£321,25042+10.3%+29.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£335,00029+1.5%+22.3%
Flat£180,50011+6.2%+0.3%
This area£321,250
Stevenage£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)£40,690±£5,718 · #3,218 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,213
Price-to-income ?7.9×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 ?

37Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

227 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,871 offences
Stevenage97
East of England70
England83

Rank #6,245 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences771
Theft439
Burglary39
Vehicle crime87
Criminal damage & arson157
Public order & weapons220
Drugs84
Robbery29
Other45

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 493 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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