Central Bedfordshire
8 datasets are currently published for Central Bedfordshire. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Central Bedfordshire compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 236th of 361 (15.9 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: joint 91st of 318 (shared with 3 other local authority districts) (£360,000).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 112th of 132 (16.3%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Central Bedfordshire: 5,110, July 2026 (+3.2% year on year, from 4,950). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Central Bedfordshire: 102.4, June 2026 (+2.9% year on year, from 99.5). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Central Bedfordshire: £360,000, Q2 2026 (-1.4% year on year, from £365,000). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Central Bedfordshire: 16.3%, 2024/25 (-2.3 percentage points year on year, from 18.7%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Central Bedfordshire: 30, Q1 2026 (-18.9% year on year, from 37). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Central Bedfordshire: 321,605, 2025 (+1.8% year on year, from 316,062). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Central Bedfordshire: 475, 2025 (-6.9% year on year, from 510). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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