# Haverhill

Town in West Suffolk, East of England.

Haverhill is a town in West Suffolk, East of England. Median sale price £277,450 in 2025. Recorded crime 72.8 per 1,000 people. About 28,032 people.

Town. Code E63003709. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk)

Haverhill is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Haverhill 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.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £277,450** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Haverhill was £277,450 in 2025. 492nd most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/haverhill#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 26,704** (2021). Haverhill had 26,704 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 420th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/haverhill#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 2%** (2022). About 2% of people in Haverhill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/haverhill#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.3%** (January 2026). In Haverhill, 93.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/haverhill#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003709) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 2% of people in Haverhill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63003709) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 398 homes were sold in Haverhill in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003709) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Haverhill.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003709) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Haverhill had 26,704 usual residents at the census.

## How Haverhill compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Haverhill | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £277,450 | 34th cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 26,704 | 47th most populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 2% | joint 55th most people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.3% | joint 54th highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Haverhill safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Haverhill at a rate of 72.8 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, 138 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Haverhill.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (964), other crime (404) and criminal damage and arson (195).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Haverhill was 68.4 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 Haverhill, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Haverhill has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Haverhill

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [West Suffolk 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030109) | 1,820 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| [West Suffolk 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030110) | 2,761 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| [West Suffolk 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030111) | 1,332 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [West Suffolk 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030112) | 1,817 | 113.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.3% |
| [West Suffolk 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030105) | 1,784 | 88.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.1% |
| [West Suffolk 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030106) | 2,309 | 69.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.3% |
| [West Suffolk 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030107) | 1,592 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [West Suffolk 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030108) | 1,852 | 101.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.3% |
| [West Suffolk 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030113) | 2,111 | 134.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.2% |
| [West Suffolk 020F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030114) | 1,504 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.0% |
| [West Suffolk 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030115) | 2,305 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.6% |
| [West Suffolk 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030116) | 2,245 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [West Suffolk 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030117) | 1,519 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [West Suffolk 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030118) | 1,480 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/west-suffolk): Nick Timothy (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk)

## Postcode districts covering Haverhill

[CB9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb9)

## Middle areas in Haverhill

[Haverhill East & South](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/haverhill-east-and-south), [Haverhill North](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/haverhill-north), [Haverhill West](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/haverhill-west)

## Towns near Haverhill

[Saffron Walden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/saffron-walden), [Newmarket](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newmarket), [Sudbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sudbury), [Halstead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/halstead), [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge), [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/town/braintree)

## Haverhill in brief

Haverhill is a town in West Suffolk, East of England.
About 28,032 people lived in Haverhill in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £277,450 in 2025 across 398 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Haverhill was £277,450 in 2025.
Haverhill had 26,704 usual residents at the census.
About 2% of people in Haverhill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Haverhill, 93.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003709
- Constituency: [West Suffolk †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/west-suffolk)
- Council: [West Suffolk †](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 7.93 km²
- People, mid-2024: 28,032*
- Neighbourhoods: 14
- Output areas: 82

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Saffron Walden](https://openindex.co.uk/town/saffron-walden), [Newmarket](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newmarket), [Sudbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sudbury), [Halstead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/halstead), [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge), [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/town/braintree)

## Latest updates for Haverhill

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63003709

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/haverhill, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/haverhill#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/haverhill