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Schools, admissions and everyday figures for up to 6 districts or counties side by side.
| Measure | Central Bedfordshire ✕ | England |
|---|---|---|
| Schools and admissions | ||
| Council for school admissions | Central Bedfordshire | |
| Offered their first-choice primary school (whole council) | 90.3% 2026 · 3,678 applied | |
| Offered their first-choice secondary school (whole council) | 91% 2026 · 1,502 applied | |
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 53.0% 51 schools | 62% |
| Key stage 2 · higher standard (2024/25) | 3.7% 51 schools | 8% |
| GCSE Attainment 8, average score (2024/25) | 44.7 17 schools | 46 |
| A level average points per entry (2024/25) | 32.7 11 schools | 35.00 |
| The area | ||
| Crime per 1,000 residents, excluding anti-social behaviour | 52.4 Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 · 15,405 crimes | |
| Life expectancy at birth, men / women (2021 to 2023) | 80.4 / 84.1 years | |
| Average house price, all types | £356,758 Jul 2026 · +1.2% over 12 months | |
| Average monthly rent, two bedrooms | £1,097 Aug 2026 | |
| Residents (2021 Census) | 294,248 | |
About these figures
- First-choice offer rates cover the whole council that runs admissions, so districts in the same county share them. They are from national offer day.
- Exam figures average the published results of the schools in the district or county, weighted by each school's number of pupils. Schools whose results are suppressed or not published are left out.
- Crime counts the police-recorded street-level crimes in the district over the latest 12 months the force has published, divided by 2021 Census residents. It leaves out anti-social behaviour. Greater Manchester Police does not publish street-level data.
- For a county, house prices and rents are the range between its districts.
- These are averages for a whole area and say nothing certain about a particular school or street.
Sources: Department for Education: primary and secondary school applications and offers · Department for Education: KS2, KS4 and 16 to 18 school performance data · data.police.uk street-level crime, July 2026 archive · ONS Census 2021 TS001 usual residents (Nomis) · HM Land Registry UK House Price Index · ONS Price Index of Private Rents, monthly price statistics · ONS life expectancy for local areas of Great Britain (2021 to 2023) · ONS Postcode Directory (August 2026), school postcode to district. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.