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Huntingdon East

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South east Huntingdonshire. About 7,103 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 80% of people in Huntingdon East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,940
Joint 4,057th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
80%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Huntingdon East compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Huntingdon EastMiddle
Population26 wards, Huntingdonshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Huntingdonshire26 areas from 2,965 to 12,694. The middle area is 6,612. Huntingdon East is 6,940.
6,94011th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares26 wards, Huntingdonshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Huntingdonshire26 areas from 0.0% to 89.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Huntingdon East is 80.0%.
80%3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage26 wards, Huntingdonshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Huntingdonshire26 areas from 58.7% to 98.2%. The middle area is 91.4%. Huntingdon East is 97.9%.
97.9%3rd highest
Claimant rate26 wards, Huntingdonshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Huntingdonshire26 areas from 1.1% to 4.1%. The middle area is 2.0%. Huntingdon East is 2.6%.
2.6%7th highest

Is Huntingdon East safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Huntingdon East at a rate of 60.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 67.4 per 1,000 people across Huntingdonshire.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 46 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Huntingdon East.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (202), anti-social behaviour (120) and other crime (76).

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 Huntingdonshire

These figures are published for the whole of Huntingdonshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of Huntingdonshire and not Huntingdon East alone. See Huntingdonshire

Average house price
£306,954
Up 1.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,019
159th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.1×
Joint 127th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
11.8
Joint 44th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Huntingdon East in brief

Huntingdon East had 6,940 usual residents at the census.

About 80% of people in Huntingdon East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Huntingdon East, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Huntingdon East, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.