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Sawtry

Sawtry is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 5,252. It has around 6 restaurants and cafés, 8 bus stops, and there were around 41 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 Sawtry area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Huntingdonshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 180,832 residents at roughly 200 people per km².

Council
Huntingdonshire
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 23rd of 294 English council areas — better than 92% of them.

Low crime82
Home affordability45
Affordable rents55
Good schools89
Life expectancy71
Low deprivation84
Employment82
Low council tax20

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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:26

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

27 reported · August 2026▲ 42% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour9
  • Violence & sexual offences9
  • Drugs3
  • Public order2

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Huntingdon · 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…
  • Vehicle ASB in Yaxley

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

Road safety

292 reported road collisions (2025)

89 killed or seriously injured · 409 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

29 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 21 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Huntingdon (13.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£306,954 average▲ 1.1% YoY

Across Huntingdonshire · to 2026-08

Detached£479,672
Semi-detached£303,239
Terraced£241,239
Flat£148,395

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,057 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £745
  • 2 bed £967
  • 3 bed £1,170

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

Affordability

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,639 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: 194.9p · BP (0 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 219.9p · BP (0 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Moto Sawtry (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

180,832 residents in Huntingdonshire · 200/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,049
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,220
  • Net moves+1,829

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 249 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,556 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 83,830)

A £1,704
B £1,988
C £2,272
D £2,556
E £3,124
F £3,693
G £4,261
H £5,113

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

Schools

77 schools · 25,478 pupils

62 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 30 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Abbey College, RamseyGood
  • Longsands AcademyGood
  • St Ivo AcademyGood
  • Ernulf Academy
  • Hinchingbrooke School
  • Sawtry Village Academy
  • St Peter's School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Huntingdonshire

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (SAWTRY)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

282 applications decided

90.1% granted · 254 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative

Huntingdon

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

  • Lab 1
  • Con 15
  • LD 21
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 9
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,010 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised · £41,063 avg

e.g. Cleaner, Labourer, Laser Welder

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£774 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,667 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 86,866 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Nuclear 23% · Gas 14% · Biomass 11%

67 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Health services

6 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in PE28

  • Wyton Medical Centre
  • Alconbury Surgery
  • Wellside Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Huntingdon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Sawtry · 0.3 km

    Sawtry is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Sawtry lies approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Huntingdon. Sawtry is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambrid…

  • Sawtry Village Academy · 0.5 km

    Sawtry Village Academy is a co-education secondary school and sixth form located in the village of Sawtry, Cambridgeshire a short distance from Peterborough. It opened in 1963.

  • Church of All Saints, Sawtry · 0.5 km

    Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building located in Sawtry, a village in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. It became a listed building on 28 January 1958.

  • Aversley Wood · 2.0 km

    Aversley Wood is a 62.3 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Sawtry in Cambridgeshire. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.

  • Conington, Huntingdonshire · 2.3 km

    Conington is a village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. Conington lies about 6 miles (10 km) south of Peterborough and 2 miles (3 km) north of Sawtry. It is near the A1(M),…

  • Conington Castle · 2.3 km

    Conington Castle was a 16th-century house in Conington, Huntingdonshire, England, built for Sir Robert Cotton. It was demolished in 1956 by the then owner John Horace Broke Heathcote.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Sawtry?
Sawtry is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Huntingdonshire local authority.
What is the population of Sawtry?
Sawtry has an approximate settlement population of 5,252.
How deprived is Sawtry?
The Huntingdonshire local authority, which includes Sawtry, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.