Newbury Central & Greenham

West Berkshire · South East · population 11,486 · 7 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,212 of 6,856 in England
  • #564 of 1,119 in South East
  • #16 of 22 in West Berkshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,185
Median age (est.)36
Density889per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above42%
No car or van22%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 37%45–64 23%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 30%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 17%Private rent 30%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 11%
One person 38%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors15%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 10%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 10%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 41% · Hindu 6%

Born outside the UK: 22%

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

Newbury Central & Greenham is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,212 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 22 in West Berkshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (78) and lowest on Income (51). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, down 12% across five years (from 217 sales), 31% below the wider West Berkshire median of £404,250. Typical household take-home income is around £45,537 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 147 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 51 · #3,336
Employment 64 · #2,473
Education 57 · #2,925
Health 57 · #2,973
Crime 54 · #3,145
Housing & access 69 · #2,130
Living environment 78 · #1,527

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · -3.4% yr · n=217
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,000217-3.4%-11.7%
Detached£624,60022+0.7%+26.4%
Semi-detached£399,97526-8.1%+2.3%
Terraced£333,00052-1.2%+2.5%
Flat£215,000117+13.2%+15.4%
This area£280,000
West Berkshire£404,250
South East£385,000
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)£45,537±£6,467 · #1,956 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,076
Price-to-income ?6.1×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

147 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,692 offences
West Berkshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #5,883 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences679
Theft438
Burglary47
Vehicle crime82
Criminal damage & arson124
Public order & weapons179
Drugs85
Robbery21
Other37

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 210 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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