1,962
Households
White Brit. · 66%
Ethnicity
Christian · 44%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
4 · 0.8 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£304,833
Median property price
85
Postcodes
Overview of Kempston West
Coordinates52.1123, -0.5105
Postcodes
85
Population (Census)
4,992
Households (Census)
1,962
Recorded crime · May '26
4 · 0.8 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Kempston West
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 6.67 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.67 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Kempston West
Property sales · Kempston West
HM Land Registry · Kempston West
Average price
£311,347
YoY: +12.3%
Median price: £295,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 2 sales · avg £357,500
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£375k£295k£215k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Kempston West
Crime trends · Kempston West
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
17102
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
2
YoY -87%
ASB
1790
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
2
YoY -33%
Vehicle Crime
320
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Burglary
110
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY stable
Criminal damage
740
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Demographics in Kempston West
Ethnicity
White Brit.66.0%
Other White8.8%
African4.8%
Indian4.5%
White & Black Caribbean2.2%
+ 7 other groups · 13.7%
Religion
Christian43.9%
No religion41.6%
Not answered5.2%
Muslim4.9%
Sikh1.6%
+ 1 other religions · 2.7%
Age groups
35–4923.7%
25–3418.3%
50–6415.2%
≤48.6%
5–98.0%
+ 5 other age groups · 26.4%
Households
Other19.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children19.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.5%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.4%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.0%
+ 7 other households · 34.2%
Schools in Kempston West
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Kempston Academy
Bedford · MK42 7EB
Good
0.2 mi
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–18
Kempston Rural Primary School
Bedford · MK42 7FJ
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 5–11
Ridgeway School
Bedford · MK42 7EB
Good
0.2 mi
All-throughStateMixed · Ages 2–19
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Kempston West
Postcodes in Kempston West
MK42 7AAMK42 7ABMK42 7AHMK42 7AJMK42 7ALMK42 7ARMK42 7ASMK42 7ATMK42 7AUMK42 7AXMK42 7BAMK42 7BBMK42 7BDMK42 7BEMK42 7BGMK42 7BHMK42 7BJMK42 7BLMK42 7BNMK42 7BXMK42 7DAMK42 7DFMK42 7DGMK42 7DHMK42 7DJMK42 7DLMK42 7DNMK42 7DPMK42 7DQMK42 7DRMK42 7DTMK42 7DUMK42 7DWMK42 7EBMK42 7EQMK42 7FBMK42 7FDMK42 7FEMK42 7FFMK42 7FGMK42 7FHMK42 7FJMK42 7FLMK42 7FNMK42 7FQMK42 7FRMK42 7FSMK42 7FTMK42 7FUMK42 7FWMK42 7FXMK42 7FYMK42 7FZMK42 7GDMK42 7GEMK42 7GFMK42 7GGMK42 7GJMK42 7GLMK42 7GNMK42 7GPMK42 7GQMK42 7GRMK42 7GSMK42 7GTMK42 7GUMK42 7GWMK42 7GXMK42 7GYMK42 7GZMK42 7JZMK42 7LGMK42 7LYMK42 7LZMK42 7NEMK42 7NFMK42 7NGMK42 7NNMK42 7NQMK42 7NWMK42 7PGMK43 8RAMK43 8RBMK43 8RDMK43 9AX