CB7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ely and Soham, in East 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 CB7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 10% of people in CB7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB7 at a rate of 71.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 211 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (713), anti-social behaviour (493) and other crime (351).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB7 was 69.2 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 CB7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB7 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Cambridgeshire 003H | 1,535 | 18.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.9% |
| East Cambridgeshire 003I | 1,242 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.4% |
| East Cambridgeshire 004A | 1,225 | 86.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 58.8% |
| East Cambridgeshire 004B | 1,503 | 366.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.2% |
| East Cambridgeshire 004C | 1,470 | 121.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.4% |
| East Cambridgeshire 006A | 2,058 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.9% |
| East Cambridgeshire 006C | 2,012 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.6% |
| East Cambridgeshire 006D | 1,492 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| East Cambridgeshire 006E | 2,462 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.1% |
| East Cambridgeshire 006F | 1,907 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.3% |
| East Cambridgeshire 006G | 1,303 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.8% |
| East Cambridgeshire 006H | 2,008 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.3% |
| East Cambridgeshire 007A | 1,739 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 74.5% |
| East Cambridgeshire 007B | 2,179 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.6% |
| East Cambridgeshire 007C | 1,315 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.8% |
| East Cambridgeshire 007D | 1,166 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.6% |
MPs for CB7
- Charlotte CaneLiberal DemocratMP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire99% of CB7’s postcodes
- Nick TimothyConservativeMP for West Suffolk0.5% of CB7’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 CB73
Postcode sectors in CB75
Council1
Towns in CB72
Postcode districts next to CB76
Nearest rail stations1
More in the CB postcode area2
CB7 in brief
CB7 is a postcode district covering Ely and Soham, in East Cambridgeshire.
About 30,317 people lived in CB7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £315,000 in 2025 across 465 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB7 was £315,000 in 2025.
CB7 had 27,906 usual residents at the census.
About 10% of people in CB7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB7, 85.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.