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Duckmill Crescent, Bedford

MyStreetCheck free street report: Duckmill Crescent, Bedford · 30 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/bedford-bedford/duckmill-crescent/

House prices, sold prices and local information for MK42 0AF, MK42 0AE.

Average price (last 12 months)
£535,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£337,614
22 sales
Price range
£165k – £535k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
10 Dec 2025
MK42 0AE

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At a glance

House prices£338k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeHigher than averageHigher crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationMore deprived than mostDecile 3 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Nearest station7 min walkBedford St Johns station Schools1 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles, 1 Outstanding Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll leaseholdAcross 22 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

22 property sales on Duckmill Crescent, Bedford have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £535,000. Most sales here are flat homes, which have sold for an average of £331,375. 4 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 3 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 91% flat, 9% terraced. Recorded sale prices on Duckmill Crescent range from £165,000 to £535,000. Every home sold here was sold leasehold.

House prices on Duckmill Crescent compared

MK42 postcode area£320,390
Bedford£384,461
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Duckmill Crescent has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all MK42 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £207,500 (1 sales)2016£208k2017: £268,333 (3 sales)2017£268k2018: £325,000 (2 sales)2018£325k2019: £325,000 (2 sales)2019£325k2020: £320,000 (2 sales)2020£320k2021: £425,000 (1 sales)2021£425k2022: £387,500 (2 sales)2022£388k2023: £298,333 (3 sales)2023£298k2024: £386,667 (3 sales)2024£387k2025: £406,667 (3 sales)2025£407k

Tenure: 0% freehold and 100% leasehold across 22 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Flat20£331,3758 Aug 2025
Terraced2£400,00010 Dec 2025

Sold prices on Duckmill Crescent

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
5, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AE 10 Dec 2025£535,000 TerracedLeasehold
12, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AE 8 Aug 2025£345,000 FlatLeasehold
28, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 5 Jun 2025£340,000 FlatLeasehold
34, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 18 Oct 2024£365,000 FlatLeasehold
14, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AE 11 Jul 2024£410,000 FlatLeasehold
32, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 8 Jul 2024£385,000 FlatLeasehold
23, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 24 Nov 2023£435,000 FlatLeasehold
19, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AE 2 Aug 2023£222,000 FlatLeasehold
42, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 17 Apr 2023£238,000 FlatLeasehold
11, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AE 22 Nov 2022£400,000 FlatLeasehold
15, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AE 14 Jan 2022£375,000 FlatLeasehold
30, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 24 Jun 2021£425,000 FlatLeasehold
35, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 3 Apr 2020£300,000 FlatLeasehold
12, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AE 13 Jan 2020£340,000 FlatLeasehold
31, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 30 Sep 2019£340,000 FlatLeasehold
16, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AE 6 Aug 2019£310,000 FlatLeasehold
28, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 29 Mar 2018£350,000 FlatLeasehold
16, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AE 22 Jan 2018£300,000 FlatLeasehold
39, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 6 Oct 2017£265,000 TerracedLeasehold
26, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 6 Sep 2017£375,000 FlatLeasehold
29B, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AF 31 Mar 2017£165,000 FlatLeasehold
19, Duckmill Crescent MK42 0AE 4 May 2016£207,500 FlatLeasehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
12, Duckmill Crescent £340,000 (Jan 2020) → £345,000 (Aug 2025) +1%
over 6 yrs
28, Duckmill Crescent £350,000 (Mar 2018) → £340,000 (Jun 2025) -3%
over 7 yrs
19, Duckmill Crescent £207,500 (May 2016) → £222,000 (Aug 2023) +7%
over 7 yrs
16, Duckmill Crescent £300,000 (Jan 2018) → £310,000 (Aug 2019) +3%
over 2 yrs

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Schools near Duckmill Crescent

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Bedford Girls' School 843 pupils Other independent school 7–18 Report 0.1 mi
Bedford Free School 536 pupils Secondary 11–16 Outstanding Report 0.2 mi
Bedford School 994 pupils Other independent school Church of England 7–19 Report 0.5 mi
Priory Primary School 214 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.6 mi
Castle Newnham School 624 pupils All-through 4–16 Report 0.6 mi
Cherry Trees Nursery School 147 pupils Nursery 2–5 Report 0.7 mi
Cauldwell School 415 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.7 mi
Peter Pan Nursery School 118 pupils Nursery 2–5 Report 0.7 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

  • Bedford St Johns station 0.4 mi · 7 min walk
  • Bedford station 0.7 mi · 14 min walk
  • Kempston Hardwick station 3.4 mi · 1 hr 7 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Duckmill Lane (opp, Cardington Road) 2 min walk
  • Duckmill Lane (adj, Cardington Road) 2 min walk
  • Bedford Girls School (opp, Cardington Road) 3 min walk
  • St John's Street (S-bound, St John's Street) 3 min walk

GP surgeries

  • London Road Health Centre
    84-86 London Road, Bedford · 0.5 mi
  • The De Parys Group
    Enhanced Services Centre, Bedford Health Village, Bedford · 0.6 mi
  • Ashburnham Road Surgery
    8 Ashburnham Road, Bedford · 0.7 mi
  • Goldington Avenue Surgery
    85 Goldington Avenue, Bedford · 0.7 mi

Supermarkets

  • Farmfoods Farmfoods Fenlake Bedford · 0.3 mi
  • Lidl Lidl St Johns Retail Park · 0.3 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Bedford Harpur Express · 0.3 mi
  • Lidl Lidl Central Bedford Bedford · 0.4 mi

Pharmacies

  • Boots · 0.3 mi
  • Goldharts Chemist · 0.4 mi
  • Superdrug Pharmacy · 0.4 mi

Dentists

  • Dental Surgery · 0.2 mi
  • Latchford And Latchford Specialist Dental Surgery · 0.2 mi
  • Howard Street (dental Surgery) · 0.3 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income3 of 10
Employment4 of 10
Education and skills2 of 10
Health and disability4 of 10
Crime2 of 10
Access to housing and services5 of 10
Living environment3 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned34.6%62.5%
Private rented41.8%20.3%
Social rented23.4%17.1%
Households948

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1518.3%17.4%
Aged 15–6466.6%64.1%
Aged 65+15.0%18.6%
Residents2,088

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)100%80%
Gigabit-capable100%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks85%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks92%92%

Share of homes across Bedford with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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Who lives around Duckmill Crescent

Ethnic group

HereBedford
White69.3%75.7%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh15.1%12.6%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.2%5.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.7%4.6%
Other ethnic group2.7%1.8%

Religion

HereBedford
Christian51.2%47.6%
No religion28.1%34.1%
Muslim9.7%7.1%
Not answered5.8%5.8%
Sikh1.8%2.2%
Hindu1.5%1.6%
Other religion1%1.1%
Buddhist0.6%0.3%

Country of birth

HereBedford
Born in the UK59.8%78.6%
Born outside the UK40.2%21.4%

Highest qualification

HereBedford
Level 4 qualifications and above30.2%34.7%
No qualifications22.4%16.8%
Level 2 qualifications13.1%13.5%
Level 3 qualifications13%16.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%10.4%
Apprenticeship6.6%5.6%
Other qualifications2.8%2.9%

General health

HereBedford
Very good health45.2%48.8%
Good health37.3%35%
Fair health12%11.8%
Bad health4.5%3.4%
Very bad health1%0.9%

Cars or vans per household

HereBedford
1 car or van in household48.3%40.2%
No cars or vans in household33.1%18.2%
2 cars or vans in household15.1%30.5%
3 or more cars or vans in household3.6%11%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Bedford.

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