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Hemingford Grey

Hemingford Grey is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 3,163. There is one restaurant or café and 10 bus stops, with the nearest railway station being Huntingdon, 6.1 km away. In June 2026, there were around 9 recorded street crimes, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hemingford Grey area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Huntingdonshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 180,832 residents at roughly 200 people per km².

Council
Huntingdonshire
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Huntingdon
Police force
Cambridgeshire
68/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 28th of 294 English council areas — better than 90% of them.

Low crime82
Home affordability45
Affordable rents56
Good schools89
Life expectancy72
Low deprivation78
Employment82
Low council tax20

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

22°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 17° · 70% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:22

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

8 reported · July 2026 47% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: St Ives · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

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

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

Road safety

274 reported road collisions (2024)

72 killed or seriously injured · 395 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

120 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 96 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Huntingdon (6.1 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Huntingdon (6.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£306,387 average 3.1% YoY

Across Huntingdonshire · to 2026-06

Detached£480,720
Semi-detached£302,668
Terraced£239,123
Flat£147,939

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,050 average monthly rent 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £740
  • 2 bed £960
  • 3 bed £1,162

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

Affordability

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (11.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (11.1 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

27 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 400 kW
  • Nearest: Evology Charging - Dolphin hotel (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches10
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

180,832 residents in Huntingdonshire · 200/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 247 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,556 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 83,830)

A £1,704
B £1,988
C £2,272
D £2,556
E £3,124
F £3,693
G £4,261
H £5,113

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

Schools

77 schools · 25,478 pupils

62 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 30 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

74inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Abbey College, RamseyGood
  • Longsands AcademyGood
  • St Ivo AcademyGood
  • Ernulf Academy
  • Hinchingbrooke School
  • Sawtry Village Academy
  • St Peter's School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Huntingdonshire

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 (THE HEMINGFORDS)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 80 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

240 applications decided

84.2% granted · 202 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative

Huntingdon

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

  • Lab 1
  • Con 15
  • LD 21
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 9
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,920 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £27,040 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£774 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,667 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 86,866 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 23% · Biomass 6%

173 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Huntingdon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hemingford Grey · 0.1 km

    Hemingford Grey is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Hemingford Grey lies approximately 4 miles (6 km) east of Huntingdon. Hemingford Grey is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropo…

  • Hemingford Abbots · 0.3 km

    Hemingford Abbots is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Hemingford Abbots lies approximately 3 miles (5 km) east of Huntingdon, and is almost continuous with neighbouring Hemingford Grey. Hemingfor…

  • The Manor (Cambridgeshire) · 0.4 km

    The Manor is a house in the village of Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire. It was built around 1160, or may have been built as early as the 1130s and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain — someti…

  • Houghton Meadows · 1.1 km

    Houghton Meadows is a 4.7-hectare (12-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) between Houghton and St Ives in Cambridgeshire. The SSSI covers three meadows south of Thicket Road; they are part of t…

  • St Margaret's Church, Hemingford Abbots · 1.2 km

    St Margaret's Church, in Hemingford Abbots is a Church of England church, dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch. A church has stood on the site since at least 1086, for it is mentioned in the Domesday Record. Parts o…

  • Hemingford Grey Meadow · 1.3 km

    Hemingford Grey Meadow is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Hemingford Grey in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and No…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Hemingford Grey?
Hemingford Grey is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Huntingdonshire local authority.
What is the population of Hemingford Grey?
Hemingford Grey has an approximate settlement population of 3,163.
How deprived is Hemingford Grey?
The Huntingdonshire local authority, which includes Hemingford Grey, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.