# Huntingdon

Town in Huntingdonshire, East of England.

Huntingdon is a town in Huntingdonshire, East of England. Median sale price £266,250 in 2025. Recorded crime 123.6 per 1,000 people. About 26,661 people.

Town. Code E63003136. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Huntingdonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire)

Huntingdon is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Huntingdon 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: £266,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Huntingdon was £266,250 in 2025. Joint 533rd 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/huntingdon#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 25,603** (2021). Huntingdon had 25,603 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 436th 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/huntingdon#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 53%** (2022). About 53% of people in Huntingdon 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/huntingdon#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.5%** (January 2026). In Huntingdon, 86.5% 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/huntingdon#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003136) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 53% of people in Huntingdon 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=E63003136) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 348 homes were sold in Huntingdon in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003136) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Huntingdon.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003136) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Huntingdon had 25,603 usual residents at the census.

## How Huntingdon compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Huntingdon | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £266,250 | joint 30th cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 25,603 | 49th most populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 53% | joint 28th most people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.5% | 34th lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Huntingdon safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Huntingdon at a rate of 123.6 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, 291 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Huntingdon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,134), anti-social behaviour (752) and other crime (535).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Huntingdon was 122.2 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 Huntingdon, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Huntingdon has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Huntingdon

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Huntingdonshire 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018143) | 2,155 | 82.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| [Huntingdonshire 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018144) | 1,788 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.7% |
| [Huntingdonshire 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018145) | 1,346 | 118.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.1% |
| [Huntingdonshire 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018146) | 2,094 | 158.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.2% |
| [Huntingdonshire 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018147) | 1,674 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| [Huntingdonshire 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018139) | 1,626 | 46.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Huntingdonshire 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018140) | 1,252 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Huntingdonshire 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018141) | 1,609 | 22.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| [Huntingdonshire 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018142) | 1,487 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% |
| [Huntingdonshire 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018138) | 2,103 | 117.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.9% |
| [Huntingdonshire 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018148) | 2,771 | 68.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
| [Huntingdonshire 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018149) | 1,454 | 21.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Huntingdonshire 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01018150) | 1,623 | 238.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.2% |
| [Huntingdonshire 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01034437) | 1,126 | 254.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.1% |
| [Huntingdonshire 012G](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/neighbourhood/e01034438) | 1,323 | 536.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 36.7% |

## Your MP

- [Huntingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/huntingdon): Ben Obese-Jecty (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

[Huntingdonshire](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire)

## Postcode districts covering Huntingdon

[PE29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe29)

## Middle areas in Huntingdon

[Huntingdon Central & West](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/huntingdon-central-and-west), [Huntingdon Hartford](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/huntingdon-hartford), [Huntingdon Sapley & Oxmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire/huntingdon-sapley-and-oxmoor)

## Towns near Huntingdon

[Godmanchester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/godmanchester), [St Ives](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-ives), [St Neots](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-neots), [Cambourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cambourne), [Chatteris](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatteris), [Yaxley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yaxley)

## Huntingdon in brief

Huntingdon is a town in Huntingdonshire, East of England.
About 26,661 people lived in Huntingdon in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £266,250 in 2025 across 348 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 123.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Huntingdon was £266,250 in 2025.
Huntingdon had 25,603 usual residents at the census.
About 53% of people in Huntingdon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Huntingdon, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003136
- Constituency: [Huntingdon †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/huntingdon)
- Council: [Huntingdonshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/huntingdonshire)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 7.84 km²
- People, mid-2024: 26,661*
- Neighbourhoods: 15
- Output areas: 77

* 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

[Godmanchester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/godmanchester), [St Ives](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-ives), [St Neots](https://openindex.co.uk/town/st-neots), [Cambourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cambourne), [Chatteris](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatteris), [Yaxley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/yaxley)

## Latest updates for Huntingdon

- 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/E63003136

## How to cite

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

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

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