# Newmarket

Town in West Suffolk and East Cambridgeshire, East of England.

Newmarket is a town in West Suffolk and East Cambridgeshire, East of England. Median sale price £284,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 75.4 per 1,000 people.

Town. Code E63003321. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk)

Newmarket is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Newmarket 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: £284,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Newmarket was £284,000 in 2025. Joint 470th 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/newmarket#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 18,857** (2021). Newmarket had 18,857 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 577th 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/newmarket#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Newmarket 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/newmarket#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.3%** (January 2026). In Newmarket, 91.3% 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/newmarket#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003321) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Newmarket 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=E63003321) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 294 homes were sold in Newmarket in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003321) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Newmarket.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003321) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Newmarket had 18,857 usual residents at the census.

## How Newmarket compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Newmarket | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £284,000 | 37th cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 18,857 | 64th least populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.3% | joint 58th lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Newmarket safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newmarket at a rate of 75.4 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, 123 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newmarket.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (621), other crime (295) and shoplifting (170).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Newmarket was 74.5 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 Newmarket, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Newmarket has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 5 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 Newmarket

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [East Cambridgeshire 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/east-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018019) | 1,082 | 12.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| [East Cambridgeshire 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/east-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01032611) | 1,657 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 59.8% |
| [West Suffolk 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01029953) | 1,353 | 117.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| [West Suffolk 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01029955) | 1,751 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| [West Suffolk 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01029956) | 1,448 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| [West Suffolk 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01034568) | 1,204 | 176.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 67.6% |
| [West Suffolk 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01034569) | 1,259 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.1% |
| [West Suffolk 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01029925) | 1,854 | 148.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.7% |
| [West Suffolk 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01029949) | 1,539 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.8% |
| [West Suffolk 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01029950) | 1,766 | 92.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.9% |
| [West Suffolk 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01029951) | 1,342 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.4% |
| [West Suffolk 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01029952) | 1,220 | 64.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| [West Suffolk 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01032612) | 2,032 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.8% |

## 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.

## Councils Newmarket sits in

[West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk), [East Cambridgeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-cambridgeshire)

## Postcode districts covering Newmarket

[CB8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb8)

## Middle areas in Newmarket

[North Newmarket, Studlands & Exning](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/north-newmarket-studlands-and-exning), [South Newmarket & Racecourse](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/south-newmarket-and-racecourse)

## Towns near Newmarket

[Soham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/soham), [Mildenhall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mildenhall), [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge), [Haverhill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haverhill), [Ely](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ely), [Bury St Edmunds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bury-st-edmunds)

## Newmarket in brief

Newmarket is a town in West Suffolk and East Cambridgeshire, East of England.
About 19,872 people lived in Newmarket in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £284,000 in 2025 across 294 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 75.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Newmarket was £284,000 in 2025.
Newmarket had 18,857 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Newmarket live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Newmarket, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003321
- 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: 6.61 km²
- People, mid-2024: 19,872*
- Neighbourhoods: 13
- Output areas: 63

* 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

[Soham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/soham), [Mildenhall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mildenhall), [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge), [Haverhill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/haverhill), [Ely](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ely), [Bury St Edmunds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bury-st-edmunds)

## Latest updates for Newmarket

- 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/E63003321

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/newmarket, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/newmarket#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/newmarket