CB10
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Saffron Walden and Great Chesterford, in Uttlesford.
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 CB10 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CB10, 76.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CB10 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB10 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB10 at a rate of 42.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across CB.
In August 2026 alone, 82 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB10.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (276), other crime (140) and anti-social behaviour (106).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB10 was 43.4 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 CB10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB10 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 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 CB10
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Cambridgeshire 017A | 1,460 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.7% |
| Uttlesford 001A | 1,749 | 18.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 52.4% |
| Uttlesford 001C | 2,057 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.3% |
| Uttlesford 001D | 1,988 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.7% |
| Uttlesford 002B | 1,647 | 118.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.0% |
| Uttlesford 002C | 1,507 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.0% |
| Uttlesford 002D | 2,165 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 68.5% |
| Uttlesford 004C | 1,939 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 67.6% |
| Uttlesford 004D | 2,264 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 60.2% |
MPs for CB10
- Mrs Kemi BadenochConservativeMP for North West Essex81% of CB10’s postcodes
- Sir James CleverlyConservativeMP for Braintree13% of CB10’s postcodes
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire5.9% of CB10’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 CB102
Postcode sectors in CB103
Council1
Towns in CB101
Postcode districts next to CB107
More in the CB postcode area2
CB10 in brief
CB10 is a postcode district covering Saffron Walden and Great Chesterford, in Uttlesford.
About 16,414 people lived in CB10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £475,000 in 2025 across 225 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 42.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB10 was £475,000 in 2025.
CB10 had 15,655 usual residents at the census.
In CB10, 76.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CB10, 1.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.