Cambridge
Cambridge is covered by postcode districts CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CB22 and 3 more. It is mostly in the Cambridge council area: 2,927 of its 3,135 postcodes. The others are in South Cambridgeshire.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Cambridge (Cambridge).
Every postcode in Cambridge, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 304
- In use before 2020: 2,831
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 3,135 postcodes in Cambridge that ONS places, 304 are new since 2020 and 2,831 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.2035, longitude 0.1345. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 166 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB1 0EH, is the newest of them.
- 24 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB5 8FB, is the newest of them.
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB3 0YZ, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB1 2GJ, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB2 9GD, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB3 1AW, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Cambridge?
Homes sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.1% on the 12 months before. At 2,317 of the 2,822 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,117 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 174 of its 3,135 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Cambridge, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Cambridge?
Homes in Cambridge sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,017 sales, down 3.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £799,950 109 sales
- Semi-detached £550,000 219 sales
- Terraced £492,500 389 sales
- Flat or maisonette £304,500 300 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CB1 district, Cambridge's main postcode district: a typical £485,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Cambridge: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Cambridge?
304 of the 3,135 postcodes now in use in Cambridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 42 of the 1,422 homes sold in Cambridge were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB1 district, 5%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Cambridge | Across the CB1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 1,017 (Under 1%) | 0 of 427 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 42 of 1,422 (3%) | 27 of 571 (5%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Cambridge?
Ofcom reports on 2,822 of the 3,135 postcodes in Cambridge. At 2,317 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Cambridge at risk of flooding?
174 of the 3,135 postcodes in Cambridge have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,117 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Cambridge?
The open schools at the postcodes in Cambridge (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Matthew's Primary School200 m 628 pupils, 660 places
- Sancton Wood School650 m 363 pupils, 390 places
- St Pauls CofE VA Primary School900 m 152 pupils, 210 places
- The Stephen Perse Foundation950 m 1,482 pupils, 2,000 places
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School1.0 km 205 pupils, 210 places
- Heritage School1.1 km 203 pupils, 220 places
- St Mary's School1.1 km 510 pupils, 750 places
- Park Street CofE Primary School1.2 km 116 pupils, 125 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Cambridge?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cambridge is Cambridge Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.
- Cambridge Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Cambridge North Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
- Cambridge South Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Cambridge?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Cambridge, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Petersfield Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01223 350647 200 mWalk
- York Street Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01223 364116 550 mWalk
- Cambridge Access Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report October 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01223 358961 650 mWalk
- Lensfield Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01223 651020 900 mWalk
- Woodlands Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01223 697600 1.0 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Cambridge safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 8,324 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Cambridge over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 590 September 2025
- 644 October 2025
- 628 November 2025
- 575 December 2025
- 605 January 2026
- 550 February 2026
- 716 March 2026
- 667 April 2026
- 715 May 2026
- 835 June 2026
- 881 July 2026
- 918 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: theft from the person 254, vehicle crime 197, burglary 179, robbery 121, other crime 119, possession of weapons 83.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Cambridge?
- Councils
- Cambridge (2,927) and South Cambridgeshire (208)
- County council
- Cambridgeshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Cambridge (2,558), South Cambridgeshire (473), St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire (63) and 1 other
- Police force area
- Cambridgeshire
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Cambridge
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Cambridge is in Cambridge; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Cambridge about council tax Council tax, on cambridge.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Cambridge
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Cambridge postcodes
3,135 postcodes in use in Cambridge, by district:
Those districts are all in the CB postcode area.
Check a Cambridge postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Cambridge
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Cambridge's £470,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Cambridge
- What is it like to live in Cambridge?
- Homes sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.1% on the 12 months before. At 2,317 of the 2,822 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,117 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 174 of its 3,135 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Cambridge, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Cambridge?
- Cambridge is covered by postcode districts CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5, CB22 and 3 more, across 3,135 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Cambridge?
- Homes in Cambridge sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,017 sales, down 3.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Cambridge?
- In Cambridge, primary schools at its postcodes include St Matthew's Primary School, Sancton Wood School and St Pauls CofE VA Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Parkside Community College, Sancton Wood School and The Stephen Perse Foundation. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Cambridge have a railway station?
- Yes: Cambridge is 1.1 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Cambridge, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Cambridge?
- Ofcom reports on 2,822 of the 3,135 postcodes in Cambridge. At 2,317 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Cambridge at risk of flooding?
- 174 of the 3,135 postcodes in Cambridge have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,117 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Cambridge?
- 304 of the 3,135 postcodes now in use in Cambridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 42 of the 1,422 homes sold in Cambridge were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB1 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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