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Alconbury Weston

Alconbury Weston is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with six bus stops. The nearest railway station is Huntingdon, 7.5 km away. There were around 14 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Alconbury Weston area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Huntingdonshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 180,832 residents at roughly 200 people per km².

Council
Huntingdonshire
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Huntingdon
Police force
Cambridgeshire
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

14°CClear

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 8% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:32

13h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

17 reported · July 2026 42% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Huntingdon · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below as the things your local neighbourhood policing teams across…
  • ASB in Huntingdon Town Centre, ASB in Yaxley ASB in Sapley

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

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

14 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 14 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Huntingdon (7.5 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Huntingdon (7.5 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: 173.9p · BP (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · BP (8.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

13 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Huntingdon Racecourse (5.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds2

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

  • In a conservation area (ALCONBURY WESTON)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 36 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

Your MP

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative

Huntingdon

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

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 & greens14

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

Grid electricity

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Solar 25% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 15%

66 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

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

Health services

6 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in PE28

  • Wyton Medical Centre
  • Alconbury Surgery
  • Wellside Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Huntingdon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Alconbury Weston · 0.1 km

    Alconbury Weston – in Huntingdonshire, England – is a village and civil parish, lying just outside of the Fens, having just a few hills, but a significant change to the flat of the Fens. Alconbury Weston is situated 6…

  • Upton, Huntingdonshire · 1.7 km

    Upton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Upton and Coppingford, in the Huntingdonshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is near Coppingford north west of Huntingdon. In 19…

  • Megatron (building) · 1.9 km

    The Megatron was a building just outside the village of Alconbury in Cambridgeshire, UK. It was notable for its flying saucer design and was an example of mimetic architecture. The building was constructed in 1990 and…

  • Alconbury · 2.0 km

    Alconbury is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Alconbury is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being an historic county of England. A…

  • New Shire Hall · 2.0 km

    New Shire Hall is a municipal building on Emery Crescent, Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire, England, built in 2019–2020. It is the headquarters of Cambridgeshire County Council.

  • Alconbury Weald · 2.1 km

    Alconbury Weald is a new settlement in the civil parish of The Stukeleys, in the Huntingdonshire district, of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. The settlement lies to the north-west of the town of Huntingdon, and…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Alconbury Weston?
Alconbury Weston is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Huntingdonshire local authority.
How deprived is Alconbury Weston?
The Huntingdonshire local authority, which includes Alconbury Weston, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.