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Stretham

Ward

The west of the East Cambridgeshire. About 7,387 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 48 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 28% of people in Stretham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,644
Joint 4,118th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
28%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Stretham compares

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

StrethamMiddle
Population14 wards, East Cambridgeshire · 2021
Population: every ward in East Cambridgeshire14 areas from 3,027 to 9,914. The middle area is 6,322. Stretham is 6,644.
6,6444th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares14 wards, East Cambridgeshire · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in East Cambridgeshire14 areas from 0.0% to 48.0%. The middle area is 2.0%. Stretham is 28.0%.
28%5th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage14 wards, East Cambridgeshire · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in East Cambridgeshire14 areas from 58.4% to 95.4%. The middle area is 90.3%. Stretham is 86.3%.
86.3%5th lowest
Claimant rate14 wards, East Cambridgeshire · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in East Cambridgeshire14 areas from 1.3% to 3.2%. The middle area is 2.0%. Stretham is 2.0%.
2.0%joint 6th highest

Is Stretham safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stretham at a rate of 54.7 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, 19 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stretham.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (132), violence and sexual offences (113) and anti-social behaviour (86).

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 Stretham alone. See East Cambridgeshire

Average house price
£340,059
Up 2.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,464
110th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.2×
Joint 120th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
12.2
Joint 49th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Stretham in brief

Stretham had 6,644 usual residents at the census.

About 28% of people in Stretham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Stretham, 86.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Stretham, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.