CB8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newmarket, in West Suffolk and 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 CB8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CB8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CB8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB8 at a rate of 66.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 207 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (997), other crime (474) and criminal damage and arson (203).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB8 was 65.5 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 CB8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB8 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Cambridgeshire 011A | 1,324 | 31.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 28.9% |
| East Cambridgeshire 011B | 1,082 | 12.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| East Cambridgeshire 011C | 2,134 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 49.0% |
| East Cambridgeshire 011D | 1,657 | 20.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 59.8% |
| West Suffolk 007B | 2,252 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.9% |
| West Suffolk 008A | 2,318 | 79.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.2% |
| West Suffolk 008B | 1,353 | 117.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| West Suffolk 008C | 1,751 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| West Suffolk 008D | 1,448 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| West Suffolk 008E | 1,204 | 176.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 67.6% |
| West Suffolk 008F | 1,259 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.1% |
| West Suffolk 015A | 1,854 | 148.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.7% |
| West Suffolk 015B | 1,539 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.8% |
| West Suffolk 015C | 1,766 | 92.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.9% |
| West Suffolk 015D | 1,342 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.4% |
| West Suffolk 015E | 1,220 | 64.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| West Suffolk 015F | 2,032 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.8% |
| West Suffolk 017C | 2,289 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 62.7% |
MPs for CB8
- Nick TimothyConservativeMP for West Suffolk72% of CB8’s postcodes
- Charlotte CaneLiberal DemocratMP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire26% of CB8’s postcodes
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire2.0% of CB8’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 CB83
Postcode sectors in CB85
Councils CB8 covers2
Towns in CB81
Postcode districts next to CB87
Nearest rail stations2
More in the CB postcode area2
CB8 in brief
CB8 is a postcode district covering Newmarket, in West Suffolk and East Cambridgeshire.
About 35,006 people lived in CB8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 576 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB8 was £350,000 in 2025.
CB8 had 33,133 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CB8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB8, 79.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.