Houghton Regis
TownTown in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.
Houghton Regis is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Houghton Regis add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 18% of people in Houghton Regis live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Houghton Regis compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Houghton Regis safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Houghton Regis at a rate of 92.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 204 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Houghton Regis.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (795), anti-social behaviour (520) and other crime (362).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Houghton Regis was 85.9 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in Houghton Regis, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Houghton Regis has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Houghton Regis
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Bedfordshire 025A | 2,055 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 025B | 1,512 | 130.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 025C | 1,541 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| Central Bedfordshire 025D | 2,266 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Central Bedfordshire 025E | 2,232 | 102.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.2% |
| Central Bedfordshire 026A | 2,386 | 112.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.5% |
| Central Bedfordshire 026B | 2,020 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| Central Bedfordshire 026C | 2,488 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.3% |
| Central Bedfordshire 026D | 1,848 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.9% |
| Central Bedfordshire 026E | 1,316 | 133.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
Your MP
- Alex MayerLabourMP for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Houghton Regis1
Middle areas in Houghton Regis2
Towns near Houghton Regis6
Houghton Regis in brief
Houghton Regis is a town in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.
About 23,405 people lived in Houghton Regis in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £328,000 in 2025 across 377 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 92.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Houghton Regis was £328,000 in 2025.
Houghton Regis had 18,814 usual residents at the census.
About 18% of people in Houghton Regis live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Houghton Regis, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.