CB2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cambridge, Trumpington and Newtown, 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 CB2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CB2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB2 at a rate of 176.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 583 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,267), other crime (1,047) and shoplifting (820).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB2 was 178.8 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 CB2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB2 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge 007H | 2,612 | 382.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.0% |
| Cambridge 007J | 3,264 | 627.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.4% |
| Cambridge 013G | 1,778 | 31.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 25.5% |
| Cambridge 014A | 1,819 | 113.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.6% |
| Cambridge 014C | 1,170 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.0% |
| Cambridge 014D | 1,260 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.0% |
| Cambridge 015A | 1,521 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |
| Cambridge 015B | 1,572 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| Cambridge 015C | 1,995 | 138.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.7% |
| Cambridge 015D | 1,493 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Cambridge 015E | 1,523 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Cambridge 015F | 1,618 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.8% |
| Cambridge 015G | 1,411 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.7% |
MPs for CB2
- Daniel ZeichnerLabourMP for Cambridge82% of CB2’s postcodes
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire18% of CB2’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 CB23
Postcode sectors in CB26
Council1
Towns in CB21
Postcode districts next to CB25
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CB postcode area2
CB2 in brief
CB2 is a postcode district covering Cambridge, Trumpington and Newtown, in Cambridge.
About 26,342 people lived in CB2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £547,500 in 2025 across 234 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 176.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB2 was £547,500 in 2025.
CB2 had 25,115 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CB2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB2, 85.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.