Northill
WardNorth east Central Bedfordshire. About 4,846 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 60 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 50% of people in Northill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Northill compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Northill safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Northill at a rate of 51.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 60.3 per 1,000 people across Central Bedfordshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Northill.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (83), other crime (53) and anti-social behaviour (30).
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 Central Bedfordshire
These figures are published for the whole of Central Bedfordshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of Central Bedfordshire and not Northill alone. See Central Bedfordshire
Northill in brief
Northill had 4,568 usual residents at the census.
About 50% of people in Northill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Northill, 57.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Northill, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.