3,548
Households
White Brit. · 90%
Ethnicity
No religion · 49%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
45 · 4.9 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£386,889
Median property price
263
Postcodes
Overview of Shefford
Coordinates52.0364, -0.3427
Postcodes
263
Population (Census)
9,205
Households (Census)
3,548
Recorded crime · May '26
45 · 4.9 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Shefford
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 7.60 (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 7.60 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Shefford
Property sales · Shefford
HM Land Registry · Shefford
Average price
£382,971
YoY: +3.6%
Median price: £352,300
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 4 sales · avg £429,250
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£617k£452k£287k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
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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 Shefford
Crime trends · Shefford
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
28187
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
20
YoY +100%
ASB
32183
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
4
YoY -60%
Vehicle Crime
29150
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY -50%
Burglary
420
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY +100%
Criminal damage
1050
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
5
YoY +150%
Demographics in Shefford
Ethnicity
White Brit.89.5%
Other White2.6%
White & Black Caribbean1.0%
+ other · 6.8%
Religion
No religion49.3%
Christian42.8%
Not answered5.5%
+ other · 2.5%
Age groups
35–4921.8%
50–6418.2%
25–3414.1%
10–157.7%
65–747.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.5%
Households
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children21.0%
Other16.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.4%
Any member 66+10.1%
All members 66+8.0%
+ 7 other households · 33.5%
Schools in Shefford
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Robert Bloomfield Academy
Central Bedfordshire · SG17 5BU
Outstanding
0.1 mi
All-throughStateMixed · Ages 9–13
Campton Academy
Central Bedfordshire · SG17 5PF
Good
0.7 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 5–9
Shefford Lower School
Central Bedfordshire · SG17 5XA
Good
0.1 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–9
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Shefford
Postcodes in Shefford
SG17 5AASG17 5ADSG17 5AESG17 5AFSG17 5AGSG17 5AHSG17 5AJSG17 5ALSG17 5ANSG17 5APSG17 5ARSG17 5ASSG17 5ATSG17 5AUSG17 5AXSG17 5AYSG17 5AZSG17 5BASG17 5BBSG17 5BDSG17 5BESG17 5BFSG17 5BGSG17 5BHSG17 5BJSG17 5BLSG17 5BNSG17 5BPSG17 5BQSG17 5BSSG17 5BTSG17 5BUSG17 5BWSG17 5BXSG17 5BYSG17 5BZSG17 5DASG17 5DBSG17 5DDSG17 5DESG17 5DFSG17 5DGSG17 5DHSG17 5DJSG17 5DNSG17 5DPSG17 5DQSG17 5DRSG17 5DSSG17 5DTSG17 5DUSG17 5DWSG17 5DXSG17 5DYSG17 5DZSG17 5EASG17 5EBSG17 5EDSG17 5EESG17 5EFSG17 5FASG17 5FBSG17 5FDSG17 5FESG17 5FFSG17 5FHSG17 5FJSG17 5FLSG17 5FNSG17 5FPSG17 5FQSG17 5FSSG17 5FTSG17 5FXSG17 5FYSG17 5GESG17 5GFSG17 5GGSG17 5GHSG17 5GJSG17 5GLSG17 5GNSG17 5GPSG17 5GQSG17 5GRSG17 5GSSG17 5GXSG17 5GYSG17 5HQSG17 5JASG17 5JBSG17 5JDSG17 5JESG17 5JGSG17 5JPSG17 5JQSG17 5JRSG17 5JSSG17 5JTSG17 5JUSG17 5JXSG17 5JYSG17 5JZSG17 5LASG17 5LBSG17 5LDSG17 5LESG17 5LGSG17 5NRSG17 5NTSG17 5NUSG17 5NXSG17 5NYSG17 5NZSG17 5PASG17 5PDSG17 5PESG17 5PFSG17 5PGSG17 5PH