CB24
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cottenham, Northstowe and Willingham, 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 CB24 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 14% of people in CB24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB24 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB24 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB24 at a rate of 70.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 284 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB24.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (859), anti-social behaviour (634) and other crime (543).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB24 was 55.9 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 CB24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB24 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB24
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Cambridgeshire 001A | 2,093 | 69.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.0% |
| South Cambridgeshire 001B | 1,293 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.0% |
| South Cambridgeshire 001C | 1,603 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.1% |
| South Cambridgeshire 001D | 2,250 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 002A | 1,525 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire 002B | 1,558 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 002C | 1,639 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.4% |
| South Cambridgeshire 002D | 2,056 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.5% |
| South Cambridgeshire 003A | 1,495 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 4.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 003C | 1,359 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.3% |
| South Cambridgeshire 003D | 1,380 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| South Cambridgeshire 003E | 1,683 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.7% |
| South Cambridgeshire 003F | 1,451 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 003G | 1,309 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| South Cambridgeshire 003H | 1,259 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.8% |
| South Cambridgeshire 006A | 1,466 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire 006B | 1,648 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.1% |
| South Cambridgeshire 006C | 1,431 | 139.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| South Cambridgeshire 006D | 1,919 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.0% |
| South Cambridgeshire 006F | 1,383 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.4% |
| South Cambridgeshire 007A | 1,519 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| South Cambridgeshire 007B | 1,354 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 64.0% |
| South Cambridgeshire 007C | 1,531 | 229.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.3% |
MPs for CB24
- Ian SollomLiberal DemocratMP for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire71% of CB24’s postcodes
- Charlotte CaneLiberal DemocratMP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire29% of CB24’s postcodes
- Daniel ZeichnerLabourMP for Cambridge0.1% of CB24’s postcodes
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire0.1% of CB24’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 CB245
Postcode sectors in CB247
Council1
Towns in CB241
Postcode districts next to CB248
More in the CB postcode area2
CB24 in brief
CB24 is a postcode district covering Cottenham, Northstowe and Willingham, in South Cambridgeshire.
About 39,948 people lived in CB24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £415,000 in 2025 across 624 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 70.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB24 was £415,000 in 2025.
CB24 had 36,801 usual residents at the census.
About 14% of people in CB24 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB24, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.