Newnham
Middle areaSouth Bedford. 5,661 people in 3.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Newnham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Newnham
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newnham at a rate of 100.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.8 per 1,000 people across Bedford.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 223 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 97 |
| Other crime | 89 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 64 |
| Vehicle crime | 32 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 27 |
| Burglary | 17 |
| Drug offences | 9 |
| Robbery | 6 |
| Theft from the person | 4 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Newnham compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Newnham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newnham at a rate of 100.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.8 per 1,000 people across Bedford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 73 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newnham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (223), violence and sexual offences (97) and other crime (89).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Bedford
These figures are published for the whole of Bedford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bedford and not Newnham alone. See Bedford
Newnham in brief
The median price paid for a home in Newnham was £337,500 in 2025.
Newnham had 5,610 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Newnham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Newnham, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.