Newtown
Middle areaWest Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. 11,453 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Newtown live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Newtown
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newtown at a rate of 87.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.5 per 1,000 people across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 298 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 252 |
| Other crime | 123 |
| Shoplifting | 123 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 78 |
| Vehicle crime | 67 |
| Burglary | 34 |
| Drug offences | 15 |
| Robbery | 12 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Newtown compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Newtown safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newtown at a rate of 87.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 88.5 per 1,000 people across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 116 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newtown.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (298), anti-social behaviour (252) and shoplifting (123).
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 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
These figures are published for the whole of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and not Newtown alone. See Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Newtown in brief
The median price paid for a home in Newtown was £320,000 in 2025.
Newtown had 11,161 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Newtown live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Newtown, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.