Newent
Middle areaNorth east Forest of Dean. 7,073 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 28 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 16% of people in Newent live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Newent
Gloucestershire Constabulary supplied no data to police.uk from February to August 2026, so there is no figure for this period.
How Newent compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
What is the population of Newent?
Newent had 6,376 usual residents at the census.
Newent is the joint 3,313th least populated of 9,448 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Forest of Dean
These figures are published for the whole of Forest of Dean, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Forest of Dean and not Newent alone. See Forest of Dean
Newent in brief
The median price paid for a home in Newent was £262,500 in 2025.
Newent had 6,376 usual residents at the census.
About 16% of people in Newent live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Newent, 83.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.