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Cheveley

Cheveley is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 884. There are around 1 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Newmarket, 4.3 km away. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cheveley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Cambridgeshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 87,764 residents at roughly 135 people per km².

Council
East Cambridgeshire
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South East Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 85th of 294 English council areas — better than 71% of them.

Low crime97
Home affordability29
Affordable rents48
Good schools4
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation84
Employment88
Low council tax37

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°CModerate rain

  • Today: 21° / 16° · 87% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:20

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: East Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below as the top three things your local neighbourhood policing te…
  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below as the top three things your local neighbourhood policing te…

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

Road safety

133 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

11 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 9 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Newmarket (4.3 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Newmarket (4.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£344,211 average 6.1% YoY

Across East Cambridgeshire · to 2026-06

Detached£490,551
Semi-detached£327,539
Terraced£274,286
Flat£170,236

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,035 average monthly rent 0.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £729
  • 2 bed £955
  • 3 bed £1,163

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

Affordability

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Asda (11.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 194.9p · Asda (11.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Best Western Heath Court Hotel (4.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches10
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

87,764 residents in East Cambridgeshire · 135/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 266 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,485 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 41,350)

A £1,657
B £1,933
C £2,209
D £2,485
E £3,037
F £3,590
G £4,142
H £4,970

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

Schools

40 schools · 14,415 pupils

29 primary · 5 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 13 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

37inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Soham Village CollegeOutstanding
  • Bottisham Village CollegeRequires improvement
  • Vista Academy LittleportInadequate
  • Ely College
  • Witchford Village College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Cambridgeshire

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 (Cheveley)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

136 applications decided

89% granted · 121 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Con 15
  • LD 12
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Cheveley – Flexible & Remote, Online University admission test preparation Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£786 median full-time weekly pay

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

£27,657 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 44,555 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

53% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ely and East Cambridgeshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Cheveley · 0.3 km

    The village of Cheveley is situated in the county of Cambridgeshire and lies about four miles east-south-east of the market town of Newmarket. The population of the civil parish was 1,990 at the 2011 Census. Cheveley…

  • Ashley, Cambridgeshire · 0.4 km

    Ashley is a village and civil parish in the East Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Newmarket. The modern village consists of the two ancient parishes of Ashley and Silv…

  • Cheveley Castle · 0.7 km

    Cheveley Castle was a medieval fortified manor house near Cheveley, Cambridgeshire, England.

  • Beech House Stud · 1.6 km

    Beech House Stud is an English Thoroughbred racehorse breeding farm located on Cheveley Road near Newmarket, Suffolk currently owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Shadwell Racing operation.

  • Cheveley Park Stud · 1.7 km

    Cheveley Park Stud is a thoroughbred racehorse ownership and breeding operation in Newmarket, Suffolk, UK, which has bred and owned many notable horses. It is the oldest stud in Newmarket, the "capital" of British rac…

  • Woodditton · 3.1 km

    Woodditton is a village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England. The other settlements in the parish are Ditton Green, Little Ditton and Saxon Street. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population w…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Cheveley?
Cheveley is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the East Cambridgeshire local authority.
What is the population of Cheveley?
Cheveley has an approximate settlement population of 884.
How deprived is Cheveley?
The East Cambridgeshire local authority, which includes Cheveley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.