# CB22

Postcode district covering Sawston, in South Cambridgeshire.

CB22 is a postcode district covering Sawston, in South Cambridgeshire. Median sale price £505,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 40.0 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code CB22. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [CB](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb)

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 CB22 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £505,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CB22 was £505,000 in 2025. Joint 268th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 25,753** (2021). CB22 had 25,753 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,129th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 10%** (2022). About 10% of people in CB22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 85.9%** (January 2026). In CB22, 85.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=CB22) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 10% of people in CB22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=CB22) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 369 homes were sold in CB22 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=CB22) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for CB22.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=CB22) (Census 2021, England and Wales): CB22 had 25,753 usual residents at the census.

## How CB22 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | CB22 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £505,000 | 3rd most expensive | 16 postcode districts, CB · 2025 |
| Population | 25,753 | 8th least populated | 16 postcode districts, CB · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 10% | joint 5th most people in radon Affected Areas | 16 postcode districts, CB · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 85.9% | 7th lowest | 16 postcode districts, CB · Jan 2026 |

## Is CB22 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB22 at a rate of 40.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across the CB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 85 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (392), anti-social behaviour (196) and other crime (172).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB22 was 40.2 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 CB22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB22 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in CB22

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [South Cambridgeshire 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018292) | 1,542 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.9% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018293) | 1,579 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018294) | 1,741 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.6% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018295) | 1,676 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.5% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018240) | 1,275 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.1% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018253) | 1,158 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.8% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018254) | 1,989 | 30.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.2% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018291) | 1,139 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018279) | 1,631 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.5% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018280) | 1,482 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 82.8% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018281) | 1,582 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.2% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018282) | 1,320 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.3% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018283) | 1,257 | 11.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.8% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018239) | 1,505 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.3% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018289) | 1,279 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 51.5% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018302) | 1,501 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.6% |
| [South Cambridgeshire 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/neighbourhood/e01018303) | 1,237 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.8% |

## Your MP

- [South Cambridgeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-cambridgeshire): Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cambridge): Daniel Zeichner (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.5% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in CB22

[Duxford, Whittlesford & the Abingtons](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/duxford-whittlesford-and-the-abingtons), [Great Shelford & Stapleford](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/great-shelford-and-stapleford), [Little Shelford , Foxton & Haslingfield](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/little-shelford-foxton-and-haslingfield), [Sawston](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire/sawston)

## Postcode sectors in CB22

[CB22 3 (189 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22-3), [CB22 4 (111 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22-4), [CB22 5 (186 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22-5), [CB22 6 (31 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22-6), [CB22 7 (94 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22-7)

## Council

[South Cambridgeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire)

## Postcode districts next to CB22

[CB1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb1), [CB2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb2), [CB10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb10), [CB21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb21), [CB23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb23), [SG8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg8)

## Nearest rail stations

[Shelford (Cambs) (1.9 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.1400,52.1488), [Whittlesford Parkway (3.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.1656,52.1036), [Cambridge South (4.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.1315,52.1742)

## More in the CB postcode area

[All CB postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## CB22 in brief

CB22 is a postcode district covering Sawston, in South Cambridgeshire.
About 26,730 people lived in CB22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £505,000 in 2025 across 369 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB22 was £505,000 in 2025.
CB22 had 25,753 usual residents at the census.
About 10% of people in CB22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CB22, 85.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: CB22
- Postcode area: [CB](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb)
- Constituency: [South Cambridgeshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-cambridgeshire)
- Council: [South Cambridgeshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-cambridgeshire)
- Area: 96.51 km²
- People, mid-2024: 26,730*
- Neighbourhoods: 17
- Output areas: 81

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SG8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sg8), [CB10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb10), [CB2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb2), [CB21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb21), [CB23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb23), [CB1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb1)

## Latest updates for CB22

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/CB22

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb22