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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
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

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

No active flood warnings nearby.

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

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: 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)

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

  • 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:

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 km

    St Neots Museum is a local museum located in St Neots, within the Huntingdonshire District of Cambridgeshire, England.

  • St Neots · 0.9 km

    St 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 km

    Eynesbury 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 km

    The 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 km

    St 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)

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.