Godmanchester
TownTown in Huntingdonshire, East of England.
Godmanchester is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Godmanchester add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 59% of people in Godmanchester live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Godmanchester compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Godmanchester safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Godmanchester at a rate of 59.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 48 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Godmanchester.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (238), anti-social behaviour (107) and other crime (71).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Godmanchester was 54.8 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in Godmanchester, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Godmanchester has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Godmanchester
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdonshire 014A | 1,514 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| Huntingdonshire 014C | 1,654 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Huntingdonshire 014D | 1,860 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Huntingdonshire 014E | 1,282 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.4% |
| Huntingdonshire 014F | 1,578 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.4% |
Your MP
- Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMP for Huntingdon
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Godmanchester1
Middle areas in Godmanchester1
Towns near Godmanchester6
Godmanchester in brief
Godmanchester is a town in Huntingdonshire, East of England.
About 8,928 people lived in Godmanchester in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £332,750 in 2025 across 134 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 59.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Godmanchester was £332,750 in 2025.
Godmanchester had 7,714 usual residents at the census.
About 59% of people in Godmanchester live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Godmanchester, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.