CB25
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Waterbeach, Denny End and Newnham, in East Cambridgeshire and South Cambridgeshire.
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 CB25 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CB25, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CB25 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CB25 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CB25 at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.3 per 1,000 people across CB.
In August 2026 alone, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CB25.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (395), anti-social behaviour (221) and other crime (138).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CB25 was 49.7 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 CB25, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CB25 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CB25
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Cambridgeshire 008A | 1,860 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.4% |
| East Cambridgeshire 008B | 1,759 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.1% |
| East Cambridgeshire 008C | 1,359 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.2% |
| East Cambridgeshire 008D | 1,429 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.2% |
| East Cambridgeshire 009A | 2,606 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |
| East Cambridgeshire 009B | 1,623 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.8% |
| East Cambridgeshire 009C | 2,051 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire 004A | 1,612 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.6% |
| South Cambridgeshire 004B | 2,305 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire 004C | 1,243 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.9% |
| South Cambridgeshire 004D | 1,361 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |
| South Cambridgeshire 007D | 1,689 | 151.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.0% |
MPs for CB25
- Charlotte CaneLiberal DemocratMP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire93% of CB25’s postcodes
- Pippa HeylingsLiberal DemocratMP for South Cambridgeshire6.5% of CB25’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 CB253
Postcode sectors in CB252
Councils CB25 covers2
Postcode districts next to CB257
Nearest rail stations1
More in the CB postcode area2
CB25 in brief
CB25 is a postcode district covering Waterbeach, Denny End and Newnham, in East Cambridgeshire and South Cambridgeshire.
About 19,931 people lived in CB25 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £395,000 in 2025 across 287 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CB25 was £395,000 in 2025.
CB25 had 19,026 usual residents at the census.
In CB25, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CB25, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.