Free mapEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025117 neighbourhoods

Deprivation map of Bedford

Bedford is divided into 117 small areas of about 1,500 residents each. 4% of them are among the 10% most deprived in England, and 5% are among the 10% least deprived.

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Each shape is one small area (a 2021 Lower layer Super Output Area). Select one to see its decile, rank and the ward it mostly falls in (the ONS best-fit ward). Scores in England compare areas within England only: England and Wales use different indices, so their deciles can't be compared with each other.

How Bedford's neighbourhoods spread across the deciles

  1. Decile 15 (4%)
  2. Decile 212 (10%)
  3. Decile 311 (9%)
  4. Decile 412 (10%)
  5. Decile 59 (8%)
  6. Decile 618 (15%)
  7. Decile 722 (19%)
  8. Decile 811 (9%)
  9. Decile 911 (9%)
  10. Decile 106 (5%)

Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of areas in England and decile 10 the least deprived.

Most deprived neighbourhoods in Bedford

  1. Bedford 010F, mostly in Harpur ward: among the 10% most deprived areas in England (rank 1,362)
  2. Bedford 012F, mostly in Greyfriars ward: among the 10% most deprived areas in England (rank 1,707)
  3. Bedford 015F, mostly in Cauldwell ward: among the 10% most deprived areas in England (rank 2,132)
  4. Bedford 012A, mostly in Greyfriars ward: among the 10% most deprived areas in England (rank 3,120)
  5. Bedford 015C, mostly in Cauldwell ward: among the 10% most deprived areas in England (rank 3,307)

Least deprived neighbourhoods in Bedford

  1. Bedford 006D, mostly in Putnoe ward: among the 10% least deprived areas in England (rank 32,959)
  2. Bedford 006B, mostly in Putnoe ward: among the 10% least deprived areas in England (rank 32,390)
  3. Bedford 006F, mostly in Putnoe ward: among the 10% least deprived areas in England (rank 31,760)
  4. Bedford 006E, mostly in Putnoe ward: among the 10% least deprived areas in England (rank 31,698)
  5. Bedford 005D, mostly in Brickhill ward: among the 10% least deprived areas in England (rank 31,460)

How to read this map

  • Deprivation describes an area's circumstances (income, jobs, health, education, crime, housing and living environment) relative to every other area in England. It says nothing about any one home or the people in it.
  • A rank compares 33,755 areas: 1 is the most deprived. Deciles split that ranking into ten equal groups.
  • The index measures relative deprivation. A decile 10 area still has some deprivation, and an area can move decile between editions because other areas changed around it.
  • A property report on Address Lens shows the separate domains (seven in England, eight in Wales) for the area around a specific address.

What deprivation measures and how to read it

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Sources

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021.