PE19 postcode area guide — Bedford
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PE19 postcode district in Bedford — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PE19
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
81.1%
Gigabit-capable
80.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.4%
Broadband availability in the PE19 postcode district (Bedford) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,258 postcodes Ofcom measures in PE19, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 80.3%.
Around 0.4% of premises in PE19 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in PE19
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PE19 0AA | 100% | 100% |
| PE19 0AB | 100% | 75% |
| PE19 0AD | 96.9% | 96.9% |
| PE19 0AE | 97% | 97% |
| PE19 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| PE19 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| PE19 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| PE19 0AJ | 100% | 66.7% |
| PE19 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| PE19 0AN | 100% | 97.3% |
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Mobile signal around Bedford
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Bedford district (85,826 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
87.6%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.7%
5G outdoors — all networks
70%
Voice indoors — all networks
93.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in PE19
Police recorded 112 incidents within about a mile of the centre of PE19 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 42 | 37.5% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 27 | 24.1% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 8 | 7.1% |
| Public order | 7 | 6.3% |
| Shoplifting | 6 | 5.4% |
| Vehicle crime | 6 | 5.4% |
| Burglary | 4 | 3.6% |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 2.7% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in PE19
Based on 601 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in PE19 is £312,000, down 7.4% on the previous year (£337,000).
Detached
£450,000
167 sales
Semi-detached
£320,000
141 sales
Terraced
£275,000
191 sales
Flat / maisonette
£175,000
87 sales
Latest recorded sales in PE19
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £153,000 | Terraced | Lindisfarne Close | PE19 2UU |
| 22 May 2026 | £350,000 | Terraced | Chapman Way | PE19 2HD |
| 22 May 2026 | £275,000 | Terraced | Alamein Court | PE19 7JL |
| 22 May 2026 | £370,000 | Terraced | Nuffield Road | PE19 0AA |
| 18 May 2026 | £268,000 | Terraced | Radland Close | PE19 6BQ |
| 15 May 2026 | £180,000 | Terraced | Lindisfarne Close | PE19 2UU |
| 13 May 2026 | £275,000 | Terraced | Duloe Brook | PE19 8DW |
| 8 May 2026 | £315,500 | Semi-detached | Cornwallis Drive | PE19 8TX |
| 8 May 2026 | £424,000 | Detached | Beachampstead Road | PE19 5DX |
| 8 May 2026 | £555,000 | Semi-detached | Meadow View | PE19 6TP |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Bedford demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Bedford district (185,227 residents, 74,949 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% |
| 15–29 | 23.5% |
| 30–44 | 20.8% |
| 45–64 | 18.9% |
| 65+ | 16.8% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 62.7% |
| Private rented | 19.2% |
| Social rented | 13.9% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around PE19
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longsands Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,412 | PE19 1LQ |
| Ernulf Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 720 | PE19 2SH |
| The Round House Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 401 | PE19 6AW |
| Bushmead Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 380 | PE19 8BT |
| Wintringham Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 357 | PE19 0AW |
| Crosshall Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 346 | PE19 7GG |
| Buckden CofE Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 331 | PE19 5TT |
| Little Paxton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 292 | PE19 6NG |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in PE19
297 rated food businesses operate in PE19. 198 hold the top rating of 5, 47 are rated 4, and 5 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Abbotsley Village Hall, ABM @ Samuel Pepys School, ABM Catering, Accomplish Group, Accomplish Group.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in PE19
From a sample of 145 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 PE19 postcodes, the most common rating is band B (average band C). 73% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
40%
Band C
33%
Band D
24%
Band F
3%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Bedford
Landlines around PE19 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.