Newtown

Cambridge · East of England · population 6,395 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

79Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,410 of 6,856 in England
  • #185 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 14 in Cambridge
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,228
Median age (est.)30
Density1,937per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above61%
No car or van45%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 28%25–44 31%45–64 18%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 14%Social rent: 22%Private rent: 41%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 14%Social rent 22%Private rent 41%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 6%Other: 17%
One person 42%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 6%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 47% · Managers & directors 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional47%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Administrative5%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 73%Asian: 15%Black: 3%Mixed: 6%Other: 3%
White 73%Asian 15%Black 3%Mixed 6%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 35% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 40%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Newtown is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,410 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 14 in Cambridge. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Income (84) but weak on Living environment (25). Typical homes here, about £525,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 52 sales), 6% above the wider Cambridge median of £495,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,967 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 81 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 84 · #1,109
Employment 80 · #1,362
Education 74 · #1,753
Health 71 · #2,000
Crime 66 · #2,308
Housing & access 76 · #1,650
Living environment 25 · #5,126

House prices ?

£525,000median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=52
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£525,00052+6.1%+26.1%
Detached£2,300,0006+58.6%
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£1,230,00011-6.8%
Flat£427,50034+8.2%+11.0%
This area£525,000
Cambridge£495,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£55,967±£8,326 · #392 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,469
Price-to-income ?9.4×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

29Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

81 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 516 offences
Cambridge93
East of England70
England83

Rank #4,112 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences160
Theft178
Burglary27
Vehicle crime32
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons42
Drugs38
Robbery7
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 73 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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