Longstanton and Northstowe

14°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 13° · 79% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:21Sunset 19:33

13h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

52 reported · July 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences22
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Public order5
• Bicycle theft3

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)

33 food businesses within 2 miles

• 27 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 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: 165.9p · Morrisons (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (11.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Longstanton Park & Ride (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds11

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 18 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 & clinics2
• Parks & greens48
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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 St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases573 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership458 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s405 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test329 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership292 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

• Northstowe Secondary College · 0.2 km

  Northstowe Secondary College is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Northstowe in the English county of Cambridgeshire.

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  Northstowe · 0.5 km

  Northstowe is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, forecast to have 25,400 residents in 15,000 homes. On 1 April 2021 Northstowe became a civil parish formed from Longstanton and Oakington and Westwick, with the first t…

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  Oakington Immigration Reception Centre · 0.6 km

  Oakington Immigration Reception Centre was an immigration detention centre located in Cambridgeshire run by UK Visas and Immigration.

• RAF Oakington · 1.0 km

  Royal Air Force Oakington or more simply RAF Oakington is a former Royal Air Force station located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Oakington, Cambridgeshire, England and 5.1 miles (8.2 km) northwest of Cambridge.

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  St Michael's Church, Longstanton · 1.1 km

  St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is und…

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  Longstanton · 1.4 km

  Longstanton is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Cambridge city centre. Longstanton occupies 2,775 acres (1,123 ha). Longstanton was created in 1953 from the t…

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