# Newbury

Town in West Berkshire, South East.

Newbury is a town in West Berkshire, South East. Median sale price £350,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 91.9 per 1,000 people. About 44,800 people.

Town. Code E63005168. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire)

Newbury is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Newbury 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: £350,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Newbury was £350,000 in 2025. Joint 267th 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/newbury#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 42,262** (2021). Newbury had 42,262 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 263rd 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/newbury#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 69%** (2022). About 69% of people in Newbury 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/newbury#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 83.4%** (January 2026). In Newbury, 83.4% 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/newbury#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005168) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 69% of people in Newbury 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=E63005168) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 779 homes were sold in Newbury in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005168) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Newbury.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005168) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Newbury had 42,262 usual residents at the census.

## How Newbury compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Newbury | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £350,000 | joint 65th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 42,262 | 45th most populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 69% | 80th most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 83.4% | 44th lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Newbury safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newbury at a rate of 91.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 378 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newbury.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,413), other crime (754) and shoplifting (586).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Newbury was 94.1 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 Newbury, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Newbury has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Newbury

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [West Berkshire 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016310) | 1,971 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.1% |
| [West Berkshire 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016311) | 1,683 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 61.5% |
| [West Berkshire 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016323) | 1,391 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.1% |
| [West Berkshire 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016324) | 1,401 | 112.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.8% |
| [West Berkshire 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016325) | 1,564 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| [West Berkshire 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016279) | 2,217 | 85.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.0% |
| [West Berkshire 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016280) | 1,851 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.1% |
| [West Berkshire 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016281) | 1,430 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| [West Berkshire 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016282) | 1,480 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.8% |
| [West Berkshire 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016346) | 1,484 | 216.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 50.8% |
| [West Berkshire 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016348) | 2,405 | 111.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.3% |
| [West Berkshire 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01033852) | 1,585 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 56.2% |
| [West Berkshire 019F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01033853) | 1,764 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.6% |
| [West Berkshire 019G](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01033854) | 1,663 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.7% |
| [West Berkshire 019H](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01033855) | 1,171 | 196.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 49.9% |
| [West Berkshire 019I](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01033856) | 1,106 | 588.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 61.0% |
| [West Berkshire 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016294) | 1,519 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [West Berkshire 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016295) | 1,481 | 215.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.4% |
| [West Berkshire 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016312) | 2,028 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.6% |
| [West Berkshire 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016319) | 1,837 | 77.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 74.7% |
| [West Berkshire 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016320) | 1,442 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% |
| [West Berkshire 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016289) | 1,424 | 18.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.8% |
| [West Berkshire 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016290) | 1,557 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [West Berkshire 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016291) | 1,903 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.5% |
| [West Berkshire 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016292) | 1,625 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| [West Berkshire 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016321) | 1,634 | 120.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.5% |
| [West Berkshire 021F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/neighbourhood/e01016322) | 1,446 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% |

## Your MP

- [Newbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newbury): Mr Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat), 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 Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire)

## Postcode districts covering Newbury

[RG14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg14), [RG19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg19)

## Middle areas in Newbury

[Newbury Central & Greenham](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/newbury-central-and-greenham), [Newbury Clay Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/newbury-clay-hill), [Newbury North West](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/newbury-north-west), [Newbury South West](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/newbury-south-west), [Newbury Wash Common](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire/newbury-wash-common)

## Towns near Newbury

[Thatcham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thatcham), [Tadley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tadley), [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/town/reading), [Wantage](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wantage), [Basingstoke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/basingstoke), [Andover](https://openindex.co.uk/town/andover)

## Newbury in brief

Newbury is a town in West Berkshire, South East.
About 44,800 people lived in Newbury in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 779 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Newbury was £350,000 in 2025.
Newbury had 42,262 usual residents at the census.
About 69% of people in Newbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Newbury, 83.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63005168
- Constituency: [Newbury †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newbury)
- Council: [West Berkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 12.63 km²
- People, mid-2024: 44,800*
- Neighbourhoods: 27
- Output areas: 137

* 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

[Thatcham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thatcham), [Tadley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tadley), [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/town/reading), [Wantage](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wantage), [Basingstoke](https://openindex.co.uk/town/basingstoke), [Andover](https://openindex.co.uk/town/andover)

## Latest updates for Newbury

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63005168

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbury, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbury#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 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/newbury