| Postcode | MK42 0LB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Bedford | 
| Nearest station | Bedford St Johns (4 km) | 
| Bus stops | Cardington Hangars (N) The Crescent (SE) The Crescent (NW) De Havilland Avenue (NE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 38 View | 
| Known addresses | Rosebok House, 9 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 1 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 3 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 5 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 7 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 9 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 11 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 13 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 25 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 27 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 29 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 31 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 32 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 33 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 34 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 35 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 36 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 37 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 38 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 39 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 40 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 41 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 42 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 43 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 44 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 45 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 46 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 47 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 48 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 49 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 50 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 52 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown 54 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 52.110109 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.425604 | |
| Easting | 507914 | |
| Northing | 246922 | |
| Grid reference | TL079469 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 676285 5776411 | |
| what3words | happen.join.pink | |
| FixPhrase | crispness magical scrounger throwaway | |
| Plus code | 9C4X4H6F+2Q | |
| Altitude | 40 metres (130 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:56 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:36 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 87.4 KMs (54.3 miles) | 
| Parish | Shortstown | E04012997 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Shortstown | E05014515 | 
| Unitary Authority | Bedford | E06000055 | 
| County | Bedfordshire | E11000001 | 
| Constituency (2024) | North Bedfordshire | E14001384 | 
| MP | Richard Fuller | Conservative | 
| Police force | Bedfordshire | |
| Water company | Anglian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Bedford | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | March 2016 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Shortstown | E63010784 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00183498 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Bedford 021C | E01034428 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Bedford 019A | E01017486 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Wilstead & Shortstown | E02007010 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams | E02003634 | 
| Travel to work area | Bedford | E30000166 | 
| Average property price in Milton Keynes | £348,307 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.8% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown | Terraced (freehold) | Oct 2024 | £325,000 | 
| New build terraced (freehold) | Nov 2017 | £282,995 | |
| 37 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2023 | £255,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2019 | £225,000 | |
| New build detached (freehold) | Jun 2017 | £214,995 | |
| 33 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2023 | £345,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2017 | £292,995 | |
| 38 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2022 | £355,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2017 | £289,995 | |
| Rosebok House, 9 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2022 | £365,000 | 
| 27 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2022 | £335,000 | 
| New build detached (freehold) | Jun 2017 | £299,995 | |
| 5 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2021 | £315,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2017 | £265,000 | |
| 50 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2021 | £235,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2017 | £239,995 | |
| 34 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2020 | £293,000 | 
| New build detached (freehold) | Jul 2017 | £309,995 | |
| 47 Hastings Crescent, Shortstown | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2019 | £268,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2019 | £270,000 | |
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2017 | £287,995 |