Cambridge (Cambridge)

17°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 22° / 17° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:21

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

881 reported · July 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences205
• Shoplifting167
• Anti-social behaviour129
• Bicycle theft80

Neighbourhood team: Cambridge East · Cambridgeshire

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

215 reported road collisions (2024)

49 killed or seriously injured · 245 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 399 rated 4–5 ★ (337 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Cambridge (1.0 km)
• 80 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£471,098 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Cambridge · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,806 average monthly rent▲ 1.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,257
• 2 bed £1,614
• 3 bed £1,908

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · BP (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · BP (11.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

75 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Adam and Eve Street Car Park - e-taxis only (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres14
• Gyms8
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches81
• Playgrounds40

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 205 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

42inspected 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 homes141
• GP practices108
• Dentists128
• Homecare agencies137
• Hospitals & hospices20

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

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

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

218 applications decided

90.4% granted · 197 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools25
• GPs & clinics12
• Pharmacies11
• Supermarkets20
• Parks & greens215
• Restaurants & cafés336

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5,985 jobs advertised · £45,506 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Choose when you work!, Lead Clinician SALT, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders

Source: Adzuna

£867 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

59% low-carbon electricity

Gas 36% · Nuclear 31% · Wind 13% · Solar 9%

153 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 82.2 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cambridge:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership429 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership355 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks269 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
• Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform208 local signatures · 22,724 nationwide

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

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  Anglia Ruskin University · 0.1 km

  Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a public research university in the region of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Its origins date back to the Cambridge School of Art (CSA), founded in 1858 by William John Beamont, a Fello…

• 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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  St Matthew's Primary School · 0.2 km

  St Matthew's Primary School is a 3–11 mixed community primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. It is non-denominational, and catering for 615 pupils with an affiliated after-school kids’ club. The school…

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  East Road, Cambridge · 0.2 km

  East Road is a dual-carriageway road in the east of Cambridge, England. It is designated the A603 and forms part of Cambridge's inner ring road. The southwest end of East Road is next to Parker's Piece, at the junctio…

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  Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge · 0.2 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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  Covent Garden, Cambridge · 0.2 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.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)