King's Dyke
King's Dyke is a town or village in Cambridgeshire, England. It has 5 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Whittlesea, 3.5 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 King's Dyke 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
21°COvercast
- Today: 23° / 13° · 49% rain
- Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:25
12h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom
Crime
2 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY
- Anti-social behaviour1
- Burglary1
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
74 food businesses within 2 miles
- 68 rated 4–5 ★ (64 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Whittlesea (3.9 km)
- 5 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Whittlesea (4.0 km):
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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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (2.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (8.1 km)
8 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
26 charging locations within ~8 km
- 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: 4001342 (3.4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
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
Planning decisions
159 applications decided
86.8% granted · 138 granted, 21 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Council control
Conservative majority
- Con 35
- LD 2
- Oth 6
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
4,335 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
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
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
Must Farm · 0.2 kmMust Farm is a Bronze Age archaeological site consisting of five houses raised on stilts above a river built around 950 BC in Cambridgeshire, England. The settlement is exceptionally well preserved because of its sudd…
Flag Fen · 2.4 kmFlag Fen, east of Peterborough, England, is a Bronze Age site which was constructed about 3,500 years ago and consists of more than 60,000 timbers arranged in five very long rows, creating a wooden causeway across the…
Stanground North · 2.7 kmStanground North is a former civil parish in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The 2001 census recorded a population of zero. The parish, which covered open fields on a fl…
Stanground · 2.9 kmStanground is a residential area of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For electoral purposes, it comprises the Stanground South and Fletton & Stanground wards in the North West Cambrid…
Whittlesey Rural District · 3.0 kmWhittlesey was a rural district in the Isle of Ely from 1894 to 1926. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Whittlesey rural sanitary district, and consisted of one civil parish – Whittlesey Rural.
Stanground Wash · 3.1 kmStanground Wash is a 26 hectare nature reserve in Stanground, a suburb of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is King's Dyke?
- King's Dyke is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Fenland local authority.
- How deprived is King's Dyke?
- The Fenland local authority, which includes King's Dyke, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.