Cambridge

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• Today: 11° / 7° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:25

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

877 reported · August 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences223
• Anti-social behaviour164
• Shoplifting128
• Bicycle theft76

30 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Cambridge East · Cambridgeshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

215 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 249 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 434 rated 4–5 ★ (365 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Cambridge (0.8 km)
• 60 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£470,360 average▼ 2.2% YoY

Across Cambridge · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,805 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,256
• 2 bed £1,613
• 3 bed £1,907

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.8 times median annual pay (11.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,132 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

76 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Queen Anne Terrace Car Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres15
• Gyms7
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches77
• Playgrounds39

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

145,674 residents in Cambridge · 3,579/km²

• Under 16: 14%
• 16–64: 74%
• 65+: 11%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK18,104
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK21,255
• Net moves−3,151

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 255 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,467 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (34% of 60,770)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

62 schools · 22,264 pupils

27 primary · 8 secondary · 27 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

42 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cambridge

595 CQC-registered services

• Care homes139
• GP practices108
• Dentists128
• Homecare agencies139
• Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

• In a conservation area (Mill Road)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 566 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

269 applications decided

95.2% granted · 256 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Daniel Zeichner

Labour

Cambridge

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 17
• Con 1
• LD 11
• Grn 12
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools28
• GPs & clinics11
• Pharmacies11
• Supermarkets18
• Parks & greens201
• Restaurants & cafés300

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4,094 jobs advertised · £46,141 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Flexible Schedule, SEN Teacher, Kitchen Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£867 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,979 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 68,419 certificates

9.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

63% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Gas 36% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 7%

152 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Cambridgeshire): 61.5 women · 62.3 men

47% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.4
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

7 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in CB1

• York Street Medical Practice
• Cornford House Surgery
• Mill Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cambridge:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks561 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills160 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements133 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Disapprove the draft Equality Act 2010 guidance laid on 21 May 2026127 local signatures · 27,626 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND126 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  David Parr House · 0.1 km

  The David Parr House is a preserved terraced house in Cambridge, England, with interior decoration in the Arts and Crafts style, executed by its owner, David Parr, between 1886 and 1926. The house is open to the publi…

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  Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge · 0.1 km

  Mill Road Cemetery is a cemetery off Mill Road in the Petersfield area of Cambridge, England. Since 2001 the cemetery has been protected as a Grade II Listed site, and several of the tombs are also listed as of specia…

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  Mill Road, Cambridge · 0.1 km

  Mill Road is a two-lane road in southeast Cambridge, England. It runs southeast from near to Parker's Piece, at the junction with Gonville Place, East Road, and Parkside. It crosses the main railway line and links to…

• University Ground, Barnwell · 0.1 km

  The University Ground was a cricket ground in Barnwell, a suburb in northeast Cambridge, England. The ground was located off Mill Road and served as the University of Cambridge's main ground from 1821 to 1830. It was…

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  Covent Garden, Cambridge · 0.3 km

  Covent Garden is a street in Cambridge, England, off Mill Road and near The Kite district. The street takes its name from the London market of the same name as there used to be a market garden there.

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  Cambridge 105 · 0.3 km

  Cambridge Radio is the Ofcom regulated community radio station for the city of Cambridge based on Gwydir Street Enterprise Centre. The station broadcasts across the City and South Cambridgeshire on 105 FM, on its web…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)