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Houghton Conquest & Haynes · Central Bedfordshire

Houghton Conquest & Haynes: your neighbourhood

Houghton Conquest & Haynes electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

Homes rented privately: 8% here, compared with 14% across Central Bedfordshire (5.9 percentage points lower).

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 35.9% here, compared with 33.2% across Central Bedfordshire (2.7 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 13% here, compared with 15% across Central Bedfordshire (2 percentage points lower).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

19.2%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

807 out of 4,203.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

3.9%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

162 out of 4,186.

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People counted in the census

4,185

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All usual residents

4,185 out of 4,185.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

35.9%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

1,224 out of 3,405.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

40.5%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

696 out of 1,717.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

11.6%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

Show the workings

Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

200 out of 1,717.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

34.9%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,190 out of 3,408.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

62.6%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

2,133 out of 3,408.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

2.2%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

76 out of 3,408.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

13%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

Residents aged 16 and over

443 out of 3,405.

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Homes rented privately

8%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

133 out of 1,711.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

22.5%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

768 out of 3,408.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

13%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

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Complete Census output-area counts summed using official 2026 best-fit ward lookup

All households

225 out of 1,711.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2.5%

21 March 2021 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

85 out of 3,408.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Houghton Conquest & Haynes ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

195 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 173 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Houghton Conquest & Haynes ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 19 mapped crimes in September 2024; 13 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Houghton Conquest & Haynes
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 2024193
October 2024201
November 2024171
December 2024122
January 2025123
February 2025113
March 202575
April 2025173
May 2025133
June 2025248
July 2025106
August 2025116
September 2025122
October 2025211
November 2025162
December 2025104
January 2026133
February 2026203
March 202665
April 2026183
May 2026143
June 2026256
July 2026271
August 2026134
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Houghton Conquest & Haynes
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime107
criminal damage arson19
public order15
vehicle crime14
burglary13
other crime11
other theft10
drugs4
possession of weapons1
robbery1
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Central Bedfordshire →