Soham South
WardThe middle of the East Cambridgeshire. About 6,711 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 28 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 4% of people in Soham South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Soham South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Soham South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Soham South at a rate of 56.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 59.3 per 1,000 people across East Cambridgeshire.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Soham South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (186), anti-social behaviour (94) and other crime (74).
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 East Cambridgeshire
These figures are published for the whole of East Cambridgeshire, not for each ward, so they describe all of East Cambridgeshire and not Soham South alone. See East Cambridgeshire
Soham South in brief
Soham South had 6,246 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in Soham South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Soham South, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Soham South, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.