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Red Lodge

Red Lodge is a town or village in Cambridgeshire, England, with 9 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Kennett, 2 km away. There were around 36 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 Red Lodge area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Cambridgeshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 87,764 residents at roughly 135 people per km².

Council
East Cambridgeshire
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South East Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 88th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime97
Home affordability29
Affordable rents49
Good schools4
Life expectancy75
Low deprivation82
Employment86
Low council tax37

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

9°CCloudy

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 27% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:23

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

30 reported · August 2026▲ 36% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences9
  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Criminal damage & arson5
  • Vehicle crime5

Neighbourhood team: Manor and Red Lodge · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • Target those supplying drugs in our communities and protecting those vulnerable to associated exploitation
  • Focus on reducing acquisitive crime including burglary and vehicle crime

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

Road safety

113 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 152 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

14 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 14 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Kennett (3.1 km)
  • 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kennett (3.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£340,059 average▲ 2% YoY

Across East Cambridgeshire · to 2026-08

Detached£482,586
Semi-detached£323,642
Terraced£272,675
Flat£169,212

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,038 average monthly rent▲ 0.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £732
  • 2 bed £958
  • 3 bed £1,168

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,118 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (4.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · BP (4.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Evogreen plc, The Greenhouse (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches11
  • Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

87,764 residents in East Cambridgeshire · 135/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,541
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,072
  • Net moves+1,469

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 242 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,485 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 41,350)

A £1,657
B £1,933
C £2,209
D £2,485
E £3,037
F £3,590
G £4,142
H £4,970

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

Schools

40 schools · 14,415 pupils

29 primary · 5 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 13 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Soham Village CollegeOutstanding
  • Bottisham Village CollegeRequires improvement
  • Vista Academy LittleportInadequate
  • Ely College
  • Witchford Village College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Cambridgeshire

Care & health services

595 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes139
  • GP practices108
  • Dentists128
  • Homecare agencies139
  • Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

Planning decisions

166 applications decided

96.4% granted · 160 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Nick Timothy

Conservative

West Suffolk

Recent votes:

  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Con 15
  • LD 12
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens21
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,645 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £26,070 avg

e.g. Healthcare Assistant, Pharmacy Assistant, Caterlink - Chef Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£786 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,657 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 44,555 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

63% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Gas 36% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 7%

152 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Cambridgeshire): 61.5 women · 62.3 men

53% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in IP28

  • Market Cross Surgery
  • The Reynard Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Suffolk:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  • Red Lodge Heath · 0.4 km

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  • Herringswell · 1.8 km

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  • Kennett, Cambridgeshire · 1.9 km

    Kennett is a small village and civil parish at the very eastern tip of Cambridgeshire, England. Situated around 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north-east of Newmarket and 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Bury St Edmunds, it borders…

  • St Nicholas Church, Kennett · 2.0 km

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  • Shi-Tennoji School in UK · 2.4 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Red Lodge?
Red Lodge is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the East Cambridgeshire local authority.
How deprived is Red Lodge?
The East Cambridgeshire local authority, which includes Red Lodge, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.