CB4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cambridge, Arbury and Chesterton, 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 CB4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CB4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB4 at a rate of 113.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 459 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,592), other crime (896) and anti-social behaviour (769).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB4 was 109.8 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 CB4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB4 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge 001A | 2,319 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Cambridge 001B | 1,726 | 152.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Cambridge 001C | 1,772 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Cambridge 001D | 1,501 | 155.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Cambridge 001E | 1,557 | 133.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Cambridge 001F | 1,438 | 118.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Cambridge 002A | 1,607 | 175.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.2% |
| Cambridge 002B | 1,297 | 79.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.2% |
| Cambridge 002C | 1,500 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Cambridge 002D | 1,652 | 107.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Cambridge 002E | 2,104 | 96.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Cambridge 002F | 1,558 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.7% |
| Cambridge 003B | 1,654 | 206.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.8% |
| Cambridge 003C | 1,721 | 197.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% |
| Cambridge 003D | 2,011 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Cambridge 003E | 1,757 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.9% |
| Cambridge 003F | 1,233 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.4% |
| Cambridge 003G | 1,341 | 151.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.3% |
| Cambridge 004A | 1,554 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Cambridge 004B | 1,531 | 30.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Cambridge 004C | 1,588 | 130.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Cambridge 004D | 2,183 | 234.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.4% |
| Cambridge 004E | 1,629 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.5% |
| Cambridge 005A | 1,466 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| South Cambridgeshire 006G | 1,444 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| South Cambridgeshire 006H | 2,137 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.5% |
MPs for CB4
- Daniel ZeichnerLabourMP for Cambridge89% of CB4’s postcodes
- Ian SollomLiberal DemocratMP for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire6.3% of CB4’s postcodes
- Charlotte CaneLiberal DemocratMP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire4.8% of CB4’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 CB44
Postcode sectors in CB44
Councils CB4 covers2
Towns in CB41
Postcode districts next to CB44
Nearest rail stations3
More in the CB postcode area2
CB4 in brief
CB4 is a postcode district covering Cambridge, Arbury and Chesterton, in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire.
About 44,693 people lived in CB4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £443,000 in 2025 across 395 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 113.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB4 was £443,000 in 2025.
CB4 had 43,922 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CB4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB4, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.