CB23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cambourne and Papworth Everard, 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 CB23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CB23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB23 at a rate of 52.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 165 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (717), anti-social behaviour (371) and other crime (333).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB23 was 52.3 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 CB23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB23 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 9 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 CB23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Cambridgeshire 010A | 2,864 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.9% |
| South Cambridgeshire 010B | 2,254 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| South Cambridgeshire 010C | 1,136 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 63.6% |
| South Cambridgeshire 010D | 1,522 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.1% |
| South Cambridgeshire 010E | 1,113 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.4% |
| South Cambridgeshire 014D | 2,560 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
| South Cambridgeshire 020A | 1,263 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.5% |
| South Cambridgeshire 020B | 1,409 | 77.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 70.4% |
| South Cambridgeshire 020C | 1,420 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 020D | 1,320 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| South Cambridgeshire 020F | 2,021 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 020G | 2,455 | 61.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 021A | 1,514 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.4% |
| South Cambridgeshire 021B | 1,799 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 021C | 2,586 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.7% |
| South Cambridgeshire 021D | 2,831 | 36.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.9% |
| South Cambridgeshire 021E | 1,504 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.6% |
| South Cambridgeshire 022A | 1,621 | 18.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 022B | 1,407 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.9% |
| South Cambridgeshire 022C | 1,948 | 155.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.0% |
| South Cambridgeshire 022F | 1,475 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
MPs for CB23
- Ian SollomLiberal DemocratMP for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire73% of CB23’s postcodes
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire27% of CB23’s postcodes
- Daniel ZeichnerLabourMP for Cambridge0.2% of CB23’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 CB234
Postcode sectors in CB238
Council1
Towns in CB231
Postcode districts next to CB239
More in the CB postcode area2
CB23 in brief
CB23 is a postcode district covering Cambourne and Papworth Everard, in South Cambridgeshire.
About 38,305 people lived in CB23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £407,625 in 2025 across 548 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 52.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB23 was £407,625 in 2025.
CB23 had 35,663 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CB23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB23, 89.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.