Fen Ditton

22°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 13° · 46% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:23

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

155 reported · July 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences51
• Shoplifting31
• Anti-social behaviour25
• Vehicle crime9

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: South Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire

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

271 reported road collisions (2024)

69 killed or seriously injured · 393 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

388 food businesses within 2 miles

• 328 rated 4–5 ★ (263 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cambridge North (1.1 km)
• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£436,011 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across South Cambridgeshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,411 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,012
• 2 bed £1,283
• 3 bed £1,533

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

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · BP (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · BP (10.5 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

78 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Ancient Shepherds Public House (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

162,119 residents in South Cambridgeshire · 180/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 300 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,536 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 74,050)

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

85 schools · 25,940 pupils

60 primary · 9 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 26 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

76inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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 (Fen Ditton)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

345 applications decided

93.9% granted · 324 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 2
• LD 43

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens23
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

79 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Music Tutoring Job in Fen Ditton – Flexible Schedule, Online Economics Tutor - Part Time, Become a Spanish Tutor in Fen Ditton – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£910 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,205 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 81,055 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

55% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Cambridgeshire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership429 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership331 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office238 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test236 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Fen Ditton · 0.2 km

  Fen Ditton is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, on the northeast edge of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 760. The parish covers an area of 5.…

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  Fen Ditton Halt railway station · 0.3 km

  Fen Ditton Halt railway station served the village of Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England from 1922 to 1962 on the Cambridge to Mildenhall railway.

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  Cambridge City Cemetery · 0.8 km

  Cambridge City Cemetery is the main burial ground for the city of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire. It is to the north of the city, at the junction of Newmarket Road and Ditton Lane, near to Cambridge Airport.

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  Chesterton railway station · 1.1 km

  Chesterton railway station was located on the line between Cambridge and Histon. It opened in 1850 and closed the same year.

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  Cambridge North railway station · 1.1 km

  Cambridge North railway station is a railway station serving northern Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, England. The station is on the Fen Line, which runs from Cambridge to King's Lynn. It connects to the Cambridgeshire…

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  Barnwell Junction railway station · 1.5 km

  Barnwell Junction railway station served the suburb of Barnwell, Cambridgeshire, England from 1884 to 1966 on the Cambridge to Mildenhall railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)