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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
47/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 169th of 294 English council areas — better than 43% of them.

Low crime23
Home affordability21
Affordable rents17
Good schools36
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation65
Employment92
Low council tax41

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

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Cambridge North (1.3 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Cambridge North (1.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£471,098 average 1.2% YoY

Across Cambridge · to 2026-06

Detached£975,729
Semi-detached£596,465
Terraced£488,362
Flat£297,158

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)

A £1,645
B £1,919
C £2,193
D £2,467
E £3,015
F £3,563
G £4,112
H £4,934

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:

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

Notable places nearby

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  • TeraView · 0.5 km

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  • 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

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  • Cambridge Business Park · 0.9 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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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.