St Neots
St Neots is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 30,000. It has around 1 GP surgery, around 2 pharmacies, around 1 park and green space, around 24 restaurants and cafés, 47 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is St Neots, 1 km away, with the average sold house price is around £339,911 and around 178 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 St Neots 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
- Huntingdon
- Police force
- Cambridgeshire
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 23rd of 294 English council areas — better than 92% 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
7°COvercast
- Today: 11° / 6° · 18% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:25
9h 21m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, 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
177 reported · August 2026▲ 20% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences79
- Anti-social behaviour34
- Criminal damage & arson16
- Other theft12
3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: St Neots · 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…
- ASB and high street based crime in St Neots town centre
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
205 food businesses within 2 miles
- 174 rated 4–5 ★ (140 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: St Neots (1.0 km)
- 47 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from St Neots (1.0 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£306,954 average▲ 1.1% YoY
Across Huntingdonshire · to 2026-08
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: 168.9p · Asda (11.2 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (11.2 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
13 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 250 kW
- Nearest: Brook Street Car Park (0.7 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres2
- Gyms2
- Sports pitches27
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds15
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)
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
- Not in the Green Belt
- 125 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
Ian Sollom
Liberal Democrat
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Recent votes:
- NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
- AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1
- NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
- NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
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
- Schools11
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies4
- Supermarkets4
- Parks & greens47
- Restaurants & cafés33
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
9,010 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
269 jobs advertised · £43,480 avg
e.g. Market Research Interviewer – Car Required – Full Time, SMT Operator, Maintenance Lead
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
72% low-carbon electricity
Wind 45% · Gas 27% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 8%
117 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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
9 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in PE19
- Buckden Surgery
- Lakeside Healthcare St Neots
- Great Staughton Surgery
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire:
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases575 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks319 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills249 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND237 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth215 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
- Longsands Academy · 0.7 km
Longsands Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, in the town of St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. With Ernulf Academy, it is one of the only two secondary schools in St Neot…
St Neots Museum · 0.8 kmSt Neots Museum is a local museum located in St Neots, within the Huntingdonshire District of Cambridgeshire, England.
St Neots · 0.9 kmSt Neots is a town and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It is 18 miles (29 km) west of Cambridge. The areas of Eynesbury, Eaton Ford, Eaton Socon, Love's Farm and Wintringham fo…
Eynesbury, Cambridgeshire · 1.0 kmEynesbury is an urban area in the civil parish of St Neots, in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It mainly consists of housing, although there is an area of light industry, and a large supermark…
1895 St. Neots rail accident · 1.1 kmThe St. Neots Derailment 1895 occurred near to St. Neots railway station on 10 November 1895 when a Great Northern Railway Scottish express from Kings Cross encountered a broken rail.
St Neots railway station · 1.1 kmSt Neots railway station serves the town of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located to the east of the town approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from the town centre. It is on the East Coast Main Line, about 52 m…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Neots?
- St Neots is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Huntingdonshire local authority.
- How deprived is St Neots?
- The Huntingdonshire local authority, which includes St Neots, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.