CB1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cambridge, Newtown and Romsey Town, in Cambridge.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CB1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CB1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB1 at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 520 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,687), other crime (1,245) and anti-social behaviour (825).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB1 was 97.5 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in CB1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB1 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge 008A | 1,974 | 187.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| Cambridge 008B | 1,759 | 226.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Cambridge 008C | 1,921 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Cambridge 008D | 1,195 | 183.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Cambridge 008E | 1,381 | 182.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Cambridge 009A | 2,645 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| Cambridge 009B | 1,892 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Cambridge 009C | 2,205 | 115.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Cambridge 009D | 1,824 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Cambridge 009E | 1,622 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Cambridge 010A | 1,737 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Cambridge 010C | 1,731 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Cambridge 010D | 1,571 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Cambridge 010E | 1,763 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Cambridge 010F | 1,680 | 167.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.7% |
| Cambridge 010G | 2,341 | 29.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.9% |
| Cambridge 011A | 1,787 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.2% |
| Cambridge 011B | 1,451 | 103.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Cambridge 011C | 1,213 | 121.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Cambridge 011D | 1,897 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Cambridge 011E | 1,623 | 74.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Cambridge 011F | 1,372 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Cambridge 013A | 2,088 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| Cambridge 013C | 1,900 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Cambridge 013D | 2,127 | 151.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.5% |
| Cambridge 013E | 2,073 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.3% |
| Cambridge 013F | 1,962 | 23.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Cambridge 014B | 1,979 | 121.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 41.7% |
| South Cambridgeshire 011B | 1,627 | 165.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| South Cambridgeshire 011D | 1,581 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.4% |
| South Cambridgeshire 011E | 1,285 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
MPs for CB1
- Daniel ZeichnerLabourMP for Cambridge66% of CB1’s postcodes
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire30% of CB1’s postcodes
- Ian SollomLiberal DemocratMP for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire3.4% of CB1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CB16
Postcode sectors in CB17
Council1
Towns in CB11
Postcode districts next to CB17
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CB postcode area2
CB1 in brief
CB1 is a postcode district covering Cambridge, Newtown and Romsey Town, in Cambridge.
About 55,808 people lived in CB1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £490,000 in 2025 across 583 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB1 was £490,000 in 2025.
CB1 had 54,846 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CB1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB1, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.