37 power cuts since 29 September, 5 of them on Friday 23 October
- 37new cuts since 29 Sept
- 5in one day, 23 Oct
- 20of 45 days with a cut
www.preparedbritain.co.uk/home-report/bedfordOfficial feeds, counted daily
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Power cuts
37
new unplanned cuts in the Bedford area, on 20 of 45 days
Busiest day: 23 October, during Storms Austen and Boelo. Bedford had more cuts a day, for its size, than 46 of the 99 towns we track.
See every day →From our record of every cut UK Power Networks publishes, read every 10 minutes and counted by the day each cut started; last counted Fri 13 Nov, 11:35. These are minimums. One fault can affect many streets, so this is how often cuts happen in the area, not how often one home loses power.
Flood
1 in 20
homes in Bedford has some flood risk
480 at high risk
Environment Agency, RoFRS edition v202606.
Weather
No Met Office warnings for East of England right now
All warningsMet Office, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20.
Water
Anglian Water
Hosepipe ban in forceHosepipe bans as we last confirmed them, 5 Nov 2026.
Break-ins
Burglary rate
36% below averagepolice.uk, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime).
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Sources: UK Power Networks live network data, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20, counted daily by us (last Fri 13 Nov, 11:35). Environment Agency flood risk, RoFRS edition v202606. Met Office warnings, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20. Water companies and the Environment Agency, for hosepipe bans, confirmed 5 Nov 2026. police.uk recorded crime, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime). Figures cover the Bedford council area, not a single street.
