Shefford Area Guide | £364k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
9,205
Households
3,548
Crimes · Jun '26
35
3,548
Households
White Brit. · 90%
Ethnicity
No religion · 49%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
35
Crimes · Jun '26
£364,125
Median property price
262
Postcodes
3,548
Households
White Brit. · 90%
Ethnicity
No religion · 49%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
35
Crimes · Jun '26
£364,125
Median property price
262
Postcodes

Sold prices in Shefford

England & Wales
Property sales · Shefford
HM Land Registry · Shefford
Average price
£393,470
YoY: +5.7%
Median price: £352,300
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 7 sales · avg £425,285
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£604k£457k£310k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
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

England & Wales
Crime trends · Shefford

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
10
YoY -47%
27177
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
4
YoY -60%
30173
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
29150
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
1
YoY —
840
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving

35
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Shefford

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Central Bedfordshire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare an address with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps.

Apply for a primary place via Central Bedfordshire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Shefford

GPs make up most of the mapped places

28 GPs · 14 Libraries · 3 Museums · 49 in all

  • GPs28
  • Libraries14
  • Museums3
  • Hospitals2
  • Universities2

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Shefford

Coordinates52.0364, -0.3427
Postcodes
262
Population (Census)
9,205
Households (Census)
3,548
Recorded crime · Jun '26
35

Demographics in Shefford

Ethnicity

Total residents: 9,205
White Brit.89.5%
Other White2.6%
White & Black Caribbean1.0%
+ other · 6.8%

Religion

Total residents: 9,204
No religion49.3%
Christian42.8%
Not answered5.5%
+ other · 2.5%

Age groups

Total residents: 9,205
35–4921.8%
50–6418.2%
25–3414.1%
10–157.7%
65–747.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.5%

Households

Total households: 3,548
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%

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 7.62 (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 7.62 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Shefford