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Abbey

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North east Cambridge. About 10,808 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.9 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 Abbey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
10,785
2,089th 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
99.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Abbey compares

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

AbbeyMiddle
Population14 wards, Cambridge · 2021
Population: every ward in Cambridge14 areas from 7,865 to 12,392. The middle area is 10,475. Abbey is 10,785.
10,7856th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares14 wards, Cambridge · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Cambridge14 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Abbey is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage14 wards, Cambridge · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Cambridge14 areas from 86.5% to 99.5%. The middle area is 95.3%. Abbey is 99.5%.
99.5%highest
Claimant rate14 wards, Cambridge · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Cambridge14 areas from 0.5% to 4.3%. The middle area is 2.0%. Abbey is 2.8%.
2.8%joint 4th highest

Is Abbey safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Abbey at a rate of 139.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 110.7 per 1,000 people across Cambridge.

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

In August 2026 alone, 138 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Abbey.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (437), other crime (254) and shoplifting (248).

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 Cambridge

These figures are published for the whole of Cambridge, not for each ward, so they describe all of Cambridge and not Abbey alone. See Cambridge

Average house price
£475,151
No change in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,741
69th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.9×
Joint 35th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
11.5
Joint 40th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Abbey in brief

Abbey had 10,785 usual residents at the census.

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

In Abbey, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Abbey, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.