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Milton & Waterbeach

Ward

The north east of the South Cambridgeshire. About 11,478 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 41 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Milton & Waterbeach live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,923
2,029th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
89.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Milton & Waterbeach compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Milton & WaterbeachMiddle
Population26 wards, South Cambridgeshire · 2021
Population: every ward in South Cambridgeshire26 areas from 3,103 to 12,345. The middle area is 5,847. Milton & Waterbeach is 10,923.
10,9233rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares26 wards, South Cambridgeshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in South Cambridgeshire26 areas from 0.0% to 71.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Milton & Waterbeach is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage26 wards, South Cambridgeshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in South Cambridgeshire26 areas from 17.5% to 97.1%. The middle area is 85.8%. Milton & Waterbeach is 89.7%.
89.7%9th highest
Claimant rate26 wards, South Cambridgeshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in South Cambridgeshire26 areas from 0.9% to 2.8%. The middle area is 1.8%. Milton & Waterbeach is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 6th highest

Is Milton & Waterbeach safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Milton & Waterbeach at a rate of 86.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 58.3 per 1,000 people across South Cambridgeshire.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 77 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Milton & Waterbeach.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (293), other crime (240) and anti-social behaviour (174).

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.

Figures for the whole of South Cambridgeshire

These figures are published for the whole of South Cambridgeshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of South Cambridgeshire and not Milton & Waterbeach alone. See South Cambridgeshire

Average house price
£441,410
Up 0.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£48,916
20th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.0×
Joint 90th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
9.3
14th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Milton & Waterbeach in brief

Milton & Waterbeach had 10,923 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Milton & Waterbeach live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Milton & Waterbeach, 89.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Milton & Waterbeach, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.