CB5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cambridge, Fen Ditton and Romsey Town, 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 CB5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 2% of people in CB5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB5 at a rate of 133.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 164 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (482), shoplifting (360) and other crime (317).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB5 was 132.9 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 CB5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB5 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge 006A | 2,182 | 188.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.2% |
| Cambridge 006B | 1,432 | 83.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Cambridge 006C | 1,742 | 163.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Cambridge 006D | 1,574 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Cambridge 006E | 1,730 | 96.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Cambridge 006F | 1,682 | 181.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Cambridge 007C | 2,748 | 210.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
MPs for CB5
- Daniel ZeichnerLabourMP for Cambridge80% of CB5’s postcodes
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire20% of CB5’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 CB51
Postcode sectors in CB51
Councils CB5 covers2
Towns in CB51
Postcode districts next to CB56
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CB postcode area2
CB5 in brief
CB5 is a postcode district covering Cambridge, Fen Ditton and Romsey Town, in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire.
About 13,296 people lived in CB5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £434,000 in 2025 across 118 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 133.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB5 was £434,000 in 2025.
CB5 had 12,923 usual residents at the census.
About 2% of people in CB5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB5, 99.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.