Sawston

Sawston is covered by postcode district CB22. It is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, Cambridgeshire.

Typical price £385,000 Homes sold in Sawston, last 12 months. ▼ 5.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 59 of 137 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 19 of 138 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 326 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Sawston, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Sawston, by flood risk Of the 138 postcodes in Sawston that ONS places, 16 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 119 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 15 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Sawston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A1301A505 CB22 3BD: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BE: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BG: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BH: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BJ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BL: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BP: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BQ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BT: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BU: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BX: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BY: not on the flood risk listCB22 3BZ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DA: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DB: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DD: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DE: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DF: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DG: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DH: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DJ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DL: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DN: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DP: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DQ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DR: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DS: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DT: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DU: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DW: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DX: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DY: not on the flood risk listCB22 3DZ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3EA: not on the flood risk listCB22 3EB: not on the flood risk listCB22 3ED: not on the flood risk listCB22 3EE: not on the flood risk listCB22 3EF: not on the flood risk listCB22 3EG: not on the flood risk listCB22 3EH: not on the flood risk listCB22 3EJ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3EL: not on the flood risk listCB22 3EQ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FA: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FD: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FE: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FG: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FJ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FL: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FN: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FP: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FR: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FT: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FW: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FX: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FY: not on the flood risk listCB22 3FZ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3GA: not on the flood risk listCB22 3GB: not on the flood risk listCB22 3GF: not on the flood risk listCB22 3GG: not on the flood risk listCB22 3GT: not on the flood risk listCB22 3HE: not on the flood risk listCB22 3HJ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3HL: not on the flood risk listCB22 3HP: not on the flood risk listCB22 3HU: not on the flood risk listCB22 3HX: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JD: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JH: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JL: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JN: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JP: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JQ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JR: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JS: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JT: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JU: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JW: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JX: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JY: not on the flood risk listCB22 3JZ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LA: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LB: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LD: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LE: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LF: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LG: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LH: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LJ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LN: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LP: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LQ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LR: not on the flood risk listCB22 3LW: not on the flood risk listCB22 3NP: not on the flood risk listCB22 3SN: not on the flood risk listCB22 3SP: not on the flood risk listCB22 3SR: not on the flood risk listCB22 3SS: not on the flood risk listCB22 3ST: not on the flood risk listCB22 3SW: not on the flood risk listCB22 3SX: not on the flood risk listCB22 3SY: not on the flood risk listCB22 3SZ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3TA: not on the flood risk listCB22 3TB: not on the flood risk listCB22 3TD: not on the flood risk listCB22 3TE: not on the flood risk listCB22 3TG: not on the flood risk listCB22 3TH: not on the flood risk listCB22 3TJ: not on the flood risk listCB22 3TU: not on the flood risk listCB22 3UN: not on the flood risk listCB22 3UP: not on the flood risk listCB22 3UR: not on the flood risk listCB22 3UT: not on the flood risk listCB22 3XA: not on the flood risk listCB22 3XE: not on the flood risk listCB22 3HR: medium flood risk at worstCB22 3HT: medium flood risk at worstCB22 3UW: medium flood risk at worstCB22 3BB: high flood riskCB22 3BN: high flood riskCB22 3BS: high flood riskCB22 3BW: high flood riskCB22 3HS: high flood riskCB22 3HW: high flood riskCB22 3HY: high flood riskCB22 3HZ: high flood riskCB22 3JA: high flood riskCB22 3JB: high flood riskCB22 3JE: high flood riskCB22 3JJ: high flood riskCB22 3LL: high flood riskCB22 3LT: high flood riskCB22 3TF: high flood riskCB22 3XG: high flood risk Sawston 15 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CB22 3LT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk15 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Sawston, by flood risk Of the 138 postcodes in Sawston that ONS places, 16 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 119 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 15 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Sawston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A1301 Sawston
  • A home or business at high risk: 16
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 119
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 138 postcodes in Sawston that ONS places, 16 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 119 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 180 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.1228, longitude 0.1716. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

16 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

CB22 3LT52 at high riskCB22 3HZ49 at high riskCB22 3HW47 at high riskCB22 3HY27 at high riskCB22 3JB22 at high riskCB22 3XG17 at high riskCB22 3BB16 at high riskCB22 3BN10 at high riskCB22 3JJ10 at high riskCB22 3HS8 at high riskCB22 3LL8 at high riskCB22 3JA5 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 15 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. CB22 3LT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Sawston?

Homes sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.5% on the 12 months before. At 59 of the 137 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 326 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 19 of its 138 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whittlesford Parkway, 2.2 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 Sawston?

Homes in Sawston sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 62 sales, down 5.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£385,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£407,500
12 months to August 2026
£385,000

▼ down 5.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£497,000 14 sales
Semi-detached£385,000 35 sales
Terraced£350,000 11 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole CB22 district, Sawston's main postcode district: a typical £480,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sawston: 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 Sawston?

11 of the 138 postcodes now in use in Sawston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 77 homes sold in Sawston were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB22 district, 19%.

The newest postcodes

CB22 3FWsince November 2023CB22 3GGsince October 2023CB22 3GFsince July 2023CB22 3GAsince February 2023CB22 3FYsince February 2022CB22 3FZsince July 2021

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

PeriodIn SawstonAcross the CB22 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 62 (0%) 12 of 223 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 3 of 77 (4%) 70 of 376 (19%)

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 Sawston?

Ofcom reports on 137 of the 138 postcodes in Sawston. At 59 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit59 of 137
Postcodes where every home can get superfast117 of 137

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Sawston at risk of flooding?

19 of the 138 postcodes in Sawston 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 326 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 19 of 138 postcodes High: 287Medium: 39Low: 24

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 Sawston?

The open schools at the postcodes in Sawston. 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

Secondary

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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 Sawston?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sawston is Whittlesford Parkway Rail Station, 2.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Whittlesford Parkway Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
  • Shelford (Cambs) Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
  • Cambridge South Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive

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 Sawston?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Sawston. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Sawston safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 344 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sawston 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

  1. 22 September 2025
  2. 45 October 2025
  3. 42 November 2025
  4. 26 December 2025
  5. 32 January 2026
  6. 17 February 2026
  7. 17 March 2026
  8. 24 April 2026
  9. 37 May 2026
  10. 26 June 2026
  11. 28 July 2026
  12. 28 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences149 reports
Anti-social behaviour57 reports
Criminal damage and arson35 reports
Vehicle crime18 reports
Other theft17 reports
Public order16 reports
Burglary16 reports
Drugs12 reports

Also: other crime 11, possession of weapons 6, shoplifting 2, bicycle theft 2, robbery 2, theft from the person 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Sawston?

District, borough or city council
South Cambridgeshire
County council
Cambridgeshire
Parliamentary constituency
South Cambridgeshire
Police force area
Cambridgeshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat)

All 138 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Sawston

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Sawston postcodes

138 postcodes in use in Sawston, by district:

CB22 postcode district,138 postcodes

That district is in the CB postcode area.

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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 Sawston

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sawston's £385,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Great Shelford and Stapleford3.7 km, £650,000Fulbourn7.3 km, £480,500Linton8.0 km, £432,500Cambridge9.3 km, £470,000Melbourn11.3 km, £405,000Saffron Walden12.4 km, £387,500Milton13.4 km, £404,500Girton13.7 km, £610,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Sawston

What is it like to live in Sawston?
Homes sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.5% on the 12 months before. At 59 of the 137 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 326 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 19 of its 138 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whittlesford Parkway, 2.2 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 Sawston?
Sawston is covered by postcode district CB22, across 138 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Sawston in?
Sawston is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, and Cambridgeshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Sawston?
Sawston is in the South Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Sawston?
Homes in Sawston sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 62 sales, down 5.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Sawston?
In Sawston, primary schools at its postcodes include The Bellbird Primary School and The Icknield Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Sawston Village College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Sawston have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sawston is Whittlesford Parkway, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Sawston?
Ofcom reports on 137 of the 138 postcodes in Sawston. At 59 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Sawston at risk of flooding?
19 of the 138 postcodes in Sawston 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 326 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 Sawston?
11 of the 138 postcodes now in use in Sawston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 77 homes sold in Sawston were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB22 district, 19%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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