CB3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cambridge, Ridgeway Village and Newnham, in Cambridge and 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 CB3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CB3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB3 at a rate of 39.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 90 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (275), violence and sexual offences (248) and anti-social behaviour (177).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB3 was 44.0 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 CB3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB3 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge 005E | 1,225 | 85.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 69.6% |
| Cambridge 005F | 1,032 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| Cambridge 005G | 1,031 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.5% |
| Cambridge 005H | 8,227 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% |
| Cambridge 007E | 1,887 | 86.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.5% |
| Cambridge 007I | 5,735 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.4% |
| South Cambridgeshire 022D | 2,167 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.5% |
| South Cambridgeshire 022E | 2,227 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| South Cambridgeshire 022G | 1,040 | 53.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
MPs for CB3
- Daniel ZeichnerLabourMP for Cambridge72% of CB3’s postcodes
- Ian SollomLiberal DemocratMP for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire23% of CB3’s postcodes
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire4.5% of CB3’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 CB31
Postcode sectors in CB33
Councils CB3 covers2
Towns in CB31
Postcode districts next to CB35
Nearest rail stations3
More in the CB postcode area2
CB3 in brief
CB3 is a postcode district covering Cambridge, Ridgeway Village and Newnham, in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire.
About 25,468 people lived in CB3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £624,145 in 2025 across 211 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 39.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB3 was £624,145 in 2025.
CB3 had 23,698 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CB3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB3, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.