Milton (South Cambridgeshire)
Milton (South Cambridgeshire) is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It has around 13 restaurants and cafés, 2 pharmacies, and 1 GP surgery, along with 12 bus stops and Cambridge North railway station 1.3km away. There were around 128 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 Milton (South Cambridgeshire) area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Cambridge area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 145,674 residents at roughly 3,579 people per km².
- Council
- Cambridge
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 169th of 294 English council areas — better than 43% 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
15°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 22° / 15° · 17% rain
- Tomorrow: 24° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:26
13h 1m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
10US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom
Crime
139 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY
- Anti-social behaviour33
- Violence & sexual offences30
- Shoplifting29
- Criminal damage & arson11
1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons
Neighbourhood team: Cambridge North · 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
215 reported road collisions (2024)
49 killed or seriously injured · 245 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
261 food businesses within 2 miles
- 223 rated 4–5 ★ (176 top)
- 6 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Cambridge North (1.3 km)
- 12 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Cambridge North (1.4 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£471,098 average▼ 1.2% YoY
Across Cambridge · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,806 average monthly rent▲ 1.9% YoY
- 1 bed £1,257
- 2 bed £1,614
- 3 bed £1,908
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
10.8× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 10.8 times median annual pay (11.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · BP (11.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (11.5 km)
5 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
77 charging locations within ~8 km
- 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 60 kW
- Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Cambridge Milton (0.3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres2
- Gyms6
- Swimming pools2
- Sports pitches24
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds20
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
145,674 residents in Cambridge · 3,579/km²
- Under 16: 14%
- 16–64: 74%
- 65+: 11%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 205 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,467 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (34% of 60,770)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
62 schools · 22,264 pupils
27 primary · 8 secondary · 27 other
Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)
42inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- St Bede's Inter-Church SchoolOutstanding
- Trumpington Community CollegeGood
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology
- Chesterton Community College
- Coleridge Community College
- North Cambridge Academy
- Parkside Community College
- The Netherhall School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cambridge
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
- 24 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
218 applications decided
90.4% granted · 197 granted, 21 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Charlotte Cane
Liberal Democrat
Ely and East Cambridgeshire
Recent votes:
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
- NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Labour (minority)
- Lab 17
- Con 1
- LD 11
- Grn 12
- Oth 1
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools3
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies2
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens18
- Restaurants & cafés17
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
6,720 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£867 median full-time weekly pay
2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£27,979 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
55% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: C · 68,419 certificates
9.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
82% low-carbon electricity
Wind 49% · Nuclear 22% · Gas 17% · Biomass 11%
81 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men
47% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction6.5
- Feeling worthwhile7.4
- Happiness yesterday7.0
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ely and East Cambridgeshire:
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership476 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s421 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership308 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office298 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test287 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- St John's Innovation Centre · 0.3 km
St John's Innovation Centre (SJIC) is a business incubator in Cambridge, England. It houses a concentration of science and technology related businesses.
TeraView · 0.5 kmTeraView Limited, or TeraView, is a company that designs terahertz imaging and spectroscopy instruments and equipment for measurement and evaluation of pharmaceutical tablets, nanomaterials, ceramics and composites, i…
- Milton, Cambridgeshire · 0.8 km
Milton is a village just north of Cambridge, England, with a population for the village and greater parish of 4,400 in the 2021 census down from 4,679 at the 2011 census.
- BBC Radio Cambridgeshire · 0.9 km
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Cambridgeshire.
- Redgate · 0.9 km
Redgate Software is a software company based in Cambridge, England. It develops tools for developers and data professionals and maintains community websites. The company describes itself as offering end-to-end Databas…
Cambridge Business Park · 0.9 kmCambridge Business Park is a large business complex in Cambridge, England, owned by the Crown Estate. It is home to many companies, mostly IT-related, such as Qualcomm, Autonomy, MathWorks and Red Gate Software, but a…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Compare Cambridge with nearby areas
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Milton (South Cambridgeshire)?
- Milton (South Cambridgeshire) is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Cambridge local authority.
- How deprived is Milton (South Cambridgeshire)?
- The Cambridge local authority, which includes Milton (South Cambridgeshire), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.