CB22
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sawston, in South Cambridgeshire.
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 CB22 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 10% of people in CB22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB22 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB22 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB22 at a rate of 40.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 85 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (392), anti-social behaviour (196) and other crime (172).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB22 was 40.2 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 CB22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB22 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB22
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Cambridgeshire 012A | 1,542 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.9% |
| South Cambridgeshire 012B | 1,579 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| South Cambridgeshire 012C | 1,741 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.6% |
| South Cambridgeshire 012D | 1,676 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% |
| South Cambridgeshire 014A | 1,275 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.1% |
| South Cambridgeshire 014B | 1,158 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 014C | 1,989 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire 014E | 1,139 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| South Cambridgeshire 015A | 1,631 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.5% |
| South Cambridgeshire 015B | 1,482 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 015C | 1,582 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire 015D | 1,320 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.3% |
| South Cambridgeshire 015E | 1,257 | 11.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 017B | 1,505 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.3% |
| South Cambridgeshire 017D | 1,279 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 51.5% |
| South Cambridgeshire 017E | 1,501 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.6% |
| South Cambridgeshire 017F | 1,237 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.8% |
MPs for CB22
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire100% of CB22’s postcodes
- Daniel ZeichnerLabourMP for Cambridge0.5% of CB22’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 CB224
Postcode sectors in CB225
Council1
Postcode districts next to CB226
Nearest rail stations3
More in the CB postcode area2
CB22 in brief
CB22 is a postcode district covering Sawston, in South Cambridgeshire.
About 26,730 people lived in CB22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £505,000 in 2025 across 369 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB22 was £505,000 in 2025.
CB22 had 25,753 usual residents at the census.
About 10% of people in CB22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB22, 85.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.