Chatteris
Chatteris is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 10,298. It has around 1 GP & clinic, 2 pharmacies, 14 restaurants and cafés, and 12 bus stops. The average sold house price is around £224,345, and there were around 70 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Chatteris area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Fenland area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 102,459 residents at roughly 188 people per km².
- Council
- Fenland
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 180th of 294 English council areas — better than 39% of them.
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
20°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 23° / 13° · 28% rain
- Tomorrow: 22° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:24
12h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
19US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom
Crime
64 reported · July 2026▼ 14% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences30
- Anti-social behaviour19
- Criminal damage & arson3
- Shoplifting3
Neighbourhood team: March · Cambridgeshire
Local policing priorities
- Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below priorities for your local neighbourhood policing team in the…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
143 reported road collisions (2024)
38 killed or seriously injured · 197 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
50 food businesses within 2 miles
- 48 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 15 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Manea (9.7 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£223,168 average▲ 1.9% YoY
Across Fenland · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£840 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY
- 1 bed £625
- 2 bed £804
- 3 bed £976
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
7.4× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.4 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (0.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (0.5 km)
3 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
3 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 7 kW
- Nearest: Askham Community Village (4.7 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Sports pitches22
- Playgrounds10
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
102,459 residents in Fenland · 188/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 60%
- 65+: 23%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Among the most deprived areas in England
Ranked 51 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,538 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band A (36% of 48,110)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
47 schools · 13,993 pupils
31 primary · 4 secondary · 12 other
Ofsted: 23 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)
38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Thomas Clarkson AcademyGood
- Neale-Wade AcademyRequires improvement
- Sir Harry Smith Community College
- The Wisbech Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fenland
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
- 112 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
159 applications decided
86.8% granted · 138 granted, 21 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Steve Barclay
Conservative
North East Cambridgeshire
Recent votes:
- NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Conservative majority
- Con 35
- LD 2
- Oth 6
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools3
- GPs & clinics1
- Pharmacies2
- Supermarkets2
- Parks & greens16
- Restaurants & cafés14
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,335 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
52 jobs advertised · £36,780 avg
e.g. Technical Manager, Delivery Driver, Online German Tutoring Job in Chatteris – Flexible Schedule
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£688 median full-time weekly pay
3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£22,333 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
46% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 53,212 certificates
10.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
85% low-carbon electricity
Wind 59% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 14% · Biomass 6%
62 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men
68% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.2
- Feeling worthwhile7.7
- Happiness yesterday7.6
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Cambridgeshire:
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office425 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership409 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases337 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test300 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Require NHS to offer routine third trimester pregnancy ultrasound scan288 local signatures · 10,387 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Chatteris · 0.2 kmChatteris is a market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in the Fens between Huntingdon, March and Ely. The town is in the North East Cambridgeshire parliamentary consti…
Chatteris Abbey · 0.4 kmChatteris Abbey in Chatteris in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire was founded as a monastery for Benedictine nuns in 1016 by Eadnoth, Bishop of Dorchester on Thames. Before 1310 much of the monastery was destroyed by fi…
- Cromwell Community College · 0.7 km
Cromwell Community College is a coeducational all-through school and sixth form located in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, England.
- Chatteris railway station · 0.8 km
Chatteris railway station was a station in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, on the line between St Ives and March, which was built as a branch of the Great Eastern Railway in 1848 and was later incorporated into the Great N…
- Chatteris Town F.C. · 1.2 km
Chatteris Town Football Club is a football club based in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, England. They are currently members of the Cambridgeshire League Division One B and play at West Street.
Forty Foot Drain · 1.4 kmThe Forty Foot or Forty Foot Drain is a name given to several of the principal channels in the drainage schemes of the Fens of Eastern England, the name being qualified when there is a need to distinguish between them…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Chatteris?
- Chatteris is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Fenland local authority.
- What is the population of Chatteris?
- Chatteris has an approximate settlement population of 10,298.
- How deprived is Chatteris?
- The Fenland local authority, which includes Chatteris, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.