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Hemingford Grey & Houghton

Ward

East Huntingdonshire. About 6,756 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 23 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 69% of people in Hemingford Grey & Houghton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,543
Joint 4,023rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
69%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
76.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Hemingford Grey & Houghton compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Hemingford Grey & HoughtonMiddle
Population26 wards, Huntingdonshire · 2021
Population: every ward in Huntingdonshire26 areas from 2,965 to 12,694. The middle area is 6,612. Hemingford Grey & Houghton is 6,543.
6,54312th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares26 wards, Huntingdonshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Huntingdonshire26 areas from 0.0% to 89.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Hemingford Grey & Houghton is 69.0%.
69%4th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage26 wards, Huntingdonshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Huntingdonshire26 areas from 58.7% to 98.2%. The middle area is 91.4%. Hemingford Grey & Houghton is 76.8%.
76.8%3rd lowest
Claimant rate26 wards, Huntingdonshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Huntingdonshire26 areas from 1.1% to 4.1%. The middle area is 2.0%. Hemingford Grey & Houghton is 1.9%.
1.9%joint 9th lowest

Is Hemingford Grey & Houghton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hemingford Grey & Houghton at a rate of 37.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 67.4 per 1,000 people across Huntingdonshire.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hemingford Grey & Houghton.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (75), other crime (64) and anti-social behaviour (60).

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.

Figures for the whole of Huntingdonshire

These figures are published for the whole of Huntingdonshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of Huntingdonshire and not Hemingford Grey & Houghton alone. See Huntingdonshire

Average house price
£306,954
Up 1.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,019
159th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.1×
Joint 127th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
11.8
Joint 44th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Hemingford Grey & Houghton in brief

Hemingford Grey & Houghton had 6,543 usual residents at the census.

About 69% of people in Hemingford Grey & Houghton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Hemingford Grey & Houghton, 76.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Hemingford Grey & Houghton, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.