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Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire is a town or village in Cambridgeshire, England. It has 5 bus stops and Huntingdon railway station 3.6 km away. In June 2026, there was around 1 recorded street crime, most commonly other theft. Covers 59 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Huntingdonshire is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 180,832 residents at roughly 200 people per km².

68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 28th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.

Low crime82
Home affordability45
Affordable rents56
Good schools89
Life expectancy72
Low deprivation78
Employment82
Low council tax20

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

17°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 23° / 12° · 79% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:25

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

274 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 395 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

72 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 63 rated 4–5 ★ (53 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Huntingdon (3.6 km)
  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Huntingdon (3.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£306,387 average 3.1% YoY

Across Huntingdonshire · to 2026-06

Detached£480,720
Semi-detached£302,668
Terraced£239,123
Flat£147,939

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,050 average monthly rent 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £740
  • 2 bed £960
  • 3 bed £1,162

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (11.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (11.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Hinchingbrooke Business Park (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

180,832 residents in Huntingdonshire · 200/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 247 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,556 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 83,830)

A £1,704
B £1,988
C £2,272
D £2,556
E £3,124
F £3,693
G £4,261
H £5,113

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

Schools

77 schools · 25,478 pupils

62 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 30 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

74inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Abbey College, RamseyGood
  • Longsands AcademyGood
  • St Ivo AcademyGood
  • Ernulf Academy
  • Hinchingbrooke School
  • Sawtry Village Academy
  • St Peter's School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Huntingdonshire

Care & health services

595 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes141
  • GP practices108
  • Dentists128
  • Homecare agencies137
  • Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

240 applications decided

84.2% granted · 202 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

  • Lab 1
  • Con 15
  • LD 21
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 9
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£774 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,667 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 86,866 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Huntingdon:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • The Stukeleys · 0.5 km

    The Stukeleys is a civil parish in the district of Huntingdonshire, in Cambridgeshire, England, consisting of the villages of Great Stukeley and Little Stukeley, and the new settlement of Alconbury Weald being built o…

  • RAF Alconbury · 0.9 km

    Royal Air Force Alconbury, or more simply RAF Alconbury, is an active Royal Air Force station near Huntingdon, England, that for many years was used by the USAF. The airfield is in the civil parish of The Stukeleys, c…

  • Alconbury Middle High School · 0.9 km

    Alconbury Middle High School is a publicly funded high school located in RAF Alconbury, England, operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). It is a U.S. publicly funded school, and all schools w…

  • Great Stukeley · 1.0 km

    Great Stukeley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of The Stukeleys in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) north-west of Huntingdon. Great Stukeley is in Huntingdonshire which is a no…

  • Little Stukeley · 1.6 km

    Little Stukeley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of The Stukeleys, in Cambridgeshire, England. Little Stukeley lies approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Huntingdon. Little Stukeley is situ…

  • Sedgwick Club · 1.9 km

    The Sedgwick Club is the official student geological society at the University of Cambridge, and is the oldest student-run geological society in the world. It aims to promote the subject of geology among its members t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)