Shortstown

Shortstown is covered by postcode districts MK42 and MK44. It is in the Bedford council area, England.

Typical price £300,000 Homes sold in Shortstown, last 12 months. ▼ 13.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 111 of 130 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 1 of 131 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Shortstown, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Shortstown, by flood risk Of the 131 postcodes in Shortstown that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 130 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shortstown. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A600A421 MK42 0AD: not on the flood risk listMK42 0AN: not on the flood risk listMK42 0AP: not on the flood risk listMK42 0BF: not on the flood risk listMK42 0BW: not on the flood risk listMK42 0DN: not on the flood risk listMK42 0DP: not on the flood risk listMK42 0DQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0DR: not on the flood risk listMK42 0DW: not on the flood risk listMK42 0EE: not on the flood risk listMK42 0EG: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FB: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FD: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FE: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FF: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FH: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FL: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FN: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FP: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FR: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FS: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FU: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FX: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FY: not on the flood risk listMK42 0FZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GA: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GB: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GD: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GE: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GG: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GH: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GL: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GN: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GP: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GS: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GU: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GW: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GX: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GY: not on the flood risk listMK42 0GZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0HU: not on the flood risk listMK42 0JE: not on the flood risk listMK42 0JG: not on the flood risk listMK42 0JQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0JS: not on the flood risk listMK42 0JT: not on the flood risk listMK42 0JW: not on the flood risk listMK42 0JX: not on the flood risk listMK42 0LA: not on the flood risk listMK42 0LB: not on the flood risk listMK42 0LG: not on the flood risk listMK42 0LL: not on the flood risk listMK42 0NP: not on the flood risk listMK42 0NU: not on the flood risk listMK42 0NZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0PA: not on the flood risk listMK42 0PD: not on the flood risk listMK42 0PF: not on the flood risk listMK42 0PH: not on the flood risk listMK42 0PU: not on the flood risk listMK42 0PW: not on the flood risk listMK42 0QB: not on the flood risk listMK42 0QL: not on the flood risk listMK42 0QX: not on the flood risk listMK42 0QY: not on the flood risk listMK42 0QZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0SW: not on the flood risk listMK42 0SZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TD: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TE: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TF: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TG: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TL: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TN: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TP: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TR: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TS: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TT: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TU: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TW: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TX: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TY: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UA: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UB: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UD: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UE: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UF: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UG: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UH: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UL: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UN: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UP: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UQ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UR: not on the flood risk listMK42 0US: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UT: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UU: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UW: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UX: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UY: not on the flood risk listMK42 0UZ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0WF: not on the flood risk listMK42 0WH: not on the flood risk listMK42 0WJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0WL: not on the flood risk listMK42 0WN: not on the flood risk listMK42 0WR: not on the flood risk listMK42 0WS: not on the flood risk listMK42 0XA: not on the flood risk listMK42 0XB: not on the flood risk listMK42 0XD: not on the flood risk listMK42 0XF: not on the flood risk listMK42 0XG: not on the flood risk listMK42 0XJ: not on the flood risk listMK42 0XL: not on the flood risk listMK42 0XU: not on the flood risk listMK42 0YB: not on the flood risk listMK42 0ZF: not on the flood risk listMK42 0ZH: not on the flood risk listMK42 0ZL: not on the flood risk listMK42 0ZN: not on the flood risk listMK44 3SY: not on the flood risk listMK42 0TB: medium flood risk at worst Shortstown Map of every postcode in Shortstown, by flood risk Of the 131 postcodes in Shortstown that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 130 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shortstown. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Shortstown
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 130

Of the 131 postcodes in Shortstown that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 130 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.1113, longitude -0.4298. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at medium risk at worst

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

MK42 0TB1 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Shortstown?

Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13.2% on the 12 months before. At 111 of the 130 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 131 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Bedoc Healthcare, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bedford St Johns, 3.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Shortstown?

Homes in Shortstown sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 59 sales, down 13.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£300,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£345,756 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 13.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £420,000 16 sales
  • Semi-detached £327,500 13 sales
  • Terraced £282,000 15 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £195,000 15 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole MK42 district, Shortstown's main postcode district: a typical £317,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shortstown: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Shortstown?

29 of the 131 postcodes now in use in Shortstown came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 19 of the 104 homes sold in Shortstown were newly built (18%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the MK42 district, 21%.

The newest postcodes

MK42 0ZHsince November 2023MK42 0ZNsince May 2023MK42 0ZLsince April 2023MK42 0BFsince October 2022MK42 0XUsince October 2022MK42 0TJsince September 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn ShortstownAcross the MK42 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 59 (2%) 41 of 479 (9%)
The 12 months to August 2025 19 of 104 (18%) 177 of 848 (21%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Shortstown?

Ofcom reports on 130 of the 131 postcodes in Shortstown. At 111 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit111 of 130
Postcodes where every home can get superfast127 of 130

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Shortstown at risk of flooding?

1 of the 131 postcodes in Shortstown has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 131 postcodes Medium: 1Low: 5

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Shortstown?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Shortstown. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Shortstown?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shortstown is Bedford St Johns Rail Station, 3.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Bedford St Johns Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
  • Bedford Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
  • Kempston Hardwick Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Shortstown?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Shortstown. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Shortstown safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 803 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Shortstown over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 50 September 2025
  2. 73 October 2025
  3. 57 November 2025
  4. 74 December 2025
  5. 80 January 2026
  6. 53 February 2026
  7. 86 March 2026
  8. 68 April 2026
  9. 76 May 2026
  10. 65 June 2026
  11. 60 July 2026
  12. 61 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences290 reports
Anti-social behaviour156 reports
Shoplifting56 reports
Vehicle crime53 reports
Other theft52 reports
Public order46 reports
Drugs41 reports
Criminal damage and arson32 reports

Also: burglary 30, other crime 23, bicycle theft 9, possession of weapons 9, theft from the person 3, robbery 3.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Shortstown?

Council
Bedford
Parliamentary constituency
North Bedfordshire
Police force area
Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Richard Fuller (Conservative)

All 131 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Shortstown postcodes

131 postcodes in use in Shortstown, by district:

MK42 postcode district,130 postcodesMK44 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the MK postcode area.

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Places near Shortstown

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shortstown's £300,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Wixams3.7 km, £375,000Bedford3.8 km, £327,500Wilstead3.9 km, £417,500Kempston4.5 km, £312,500Great Denham5.8 km, £337,500Wootton6.9 km, £392,500Stewartby7.0 km, £339,500Great Barford7.4 km, £397,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Shortstown

What is it like to live in Shortstown?
Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13.2% on the 12 months before. At 111 of the 130 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 131 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Bedoc Healthcare, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bedford St Johns, 3.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Shortstown?
Shortstown is covered by postcode districts MK42 and MK44, across 131 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Shortstown in?
Shortstown is in the Bedford council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Shortstown?
Shortstown is in the North Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Richard Fuller (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Shortstown?
Homes in Shortstown sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 59 sales, down 13.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Shortstown?
In Shortstown, primary schools at its postcodes include Shortstown Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Bedford Academy, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Shortstown have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shortstown is Bedford St Johns, 3.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Shortstown?
Ofcom reports on 130 of the 131 postcodes in Shortstown. At 111 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Shortstown at risk of flooding?
1 of the 131 postcodes in Shortstown has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Shortstown?
29 of the 131 postcodes now in use in Shortstown came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 19 of the 104 homes sold in Shortstown were newly built (18%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the MK42 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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