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Great Shelford and Stapleford

Great Shelford and Stapleford is a town in Cambridgeshire, England. It has around 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and 5 restaurants and cafés. There are 27 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Shelford, 0.1 km away. There were around 9 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 Great Shelford and Stapleford area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Cambridgeshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 162,119 residents at roughly 180 people per km².

Council
South Cambridgeshire
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 31st of 294 English council areas — better than 89% of them.

Low crime96
Home affordability35
Affordable rents47
Good schools32
Life expectancy94
Low deprivation95
Employment96
Low council tax24

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

12°CClear

  • Today: 19° / 12° · 9% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:20Sunset 19:33

13h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

Crime

18 reported · July 2026 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: South Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Following our last community meeting held on 12 March the priorities set for the next three months are: - Knife crime focused on youths s…
  • Tackling violent crime in Orchard Park, Histon and Impington

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

72 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 65 rated 4–5 ★ (56 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Shelford (0.1 km)
  • 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Shelford (0.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£436,011 average 4.9% YoY

Across South Cambridgeshire · to 2026-06

Detached£631,491
Semi-detached£399,838
Terraced£326,010
Flat£199,123

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (11 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · BP (4.2 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

53 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: The Rose (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools16
  • Sports pitches24
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

162,119 residents in South Cambridgeshire · 180/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,536 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,691
B £1,973
C £2,254
D £2,536
E £3,100
F £3,663
G £4,227
H £5,073

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Swavesey Village CollegeOutstanding
  • Cottenham Village CollegeGood
  • Linton Village CollegeGood
  • Bassingbourn Village College
  • Cambourne Village College
  • Comberton Village College
  • Impington Village College
  • Melbourn Village College
  • Sawston Village College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South 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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 68 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

345 applications decided

93.9% granted · 324 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Pippa Heylings

Liberal Democrat

South Cambridgeshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 2
  • LD 43

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens126
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Gas 19% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 10%

87 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

55% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Cambridgeshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Shelford railway station · 0.1 km

    Shelford railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the villages of Great Shelford, Little Shelford and Stapleford in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 52 miles 36 chains (84.4 km) down the line from London…

  • Great Shelford · 0.2 km

    Great Shelford is a village located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, in eastern England. In 1850 Great Shelford parish contained 1,900 acres (7.7 km2) bisected by the River…

  • Great Shelford F.C. · 0.6 km

    Great Shelford Football Club are a football club based in Great Shelford, near Cambridge, England. Established in 1912, they currently play in the Cambridgeshire League Premier Division.

  • Church of All Saints, Little Shelford · 1.3 km

    The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire. The church is a Grade II* listed building, and dates from the 12th century.

  • Stapleford, Cambridgeshire · 1.4 km

    Stapleford is a village located approximately 4 miles to the south of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridgeshire, in eastern England on the right-hand bank of the River Granta. Stapleford is first mentioned in 956 whe…

  • ACE Cultural Tours · 1.4 km

    ACE Cultural Tours is an operator of educational and cultural travel tours. Specialising in small group tours with expert leaders such as Humphrey Burton, Andrew Wilson, Colin Bailey, Michael Nicholson and Julian C. R…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Great Shelford and Stapleford?
Great Shelford and Stapleford is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the South Cambridgeshire local authority.
How deprived is Great Shelford and Stapleford?
The South Cambridgeshire local authority, which includes Great Shelford and Stapleford, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.