# CB4 1HL: area report for a postcode in Cambridge

CB4 1HL is a postcode in Cambridge.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Cambridge. Open the map at CB4 1HL for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge) › [CB4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb4) › [CB4 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb4-1)

## Around this postcode

- **40 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 9% on July. Cambridge 004E: 61 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL
- **Cambridge, 2 km**: About 25 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 600 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL
- **9 of 9 properties in CB4 1HL at high risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Cambridge 004E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL
- **£475,151 average price**: For the whole of Cambridge, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 450 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL
- **11 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 460 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL
- **No gigabit broadband at CB4 1HL**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL
- **Low road and rail noise at CB4 1HL**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL
- **11.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA)](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cambridge-arts-and-sciences-cats-and-csvpa-e110935) | Independent | 600 m (8 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Brunswick Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brunswick-nursery-school-e110596) | Nursery | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [St Matthew's Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-matthews-primary-school-e110750) | Primary | 830 m (10 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Milton Road Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/milton-road-primary-school-e133930) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [OA - Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oa-cambridge-e142378) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2022 | – |
| [Parkside Community College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkside-community-college-e136636) | Secondary | 980 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, April 2023 | Attainment 8 of 65.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Park Street CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/park-street-cofe-primary-school-e110837) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Castle School, Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castle-school-cambridge-e134972) | Special | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), May 2024 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2023 | £520,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| September 2024 | £247,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| July 2024 | £495,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| March 2025 | £150,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| April 2024 | £150,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| January 2026 | £290,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| May 2025 | £485,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| June 2026 | £325,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: CAMBRIDGE ACCESS SURGERY (450 m); RED HOUSE SURGERY (510 m); YORK STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE (860 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (600 m); SUPERDRUG PHARMACY (700 m); BOOTS (840 m); YORK STREET PHARMACY (860 m); MILTON ROAD PHARMACY (930 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (410 m); DENTAL SURGERY (470 m); NEWMARKET ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (470 m); CHESTERTON ROAD DENTAL SURGERY (650 m); VICTORIA BRIDGE DENTAL PRACTICE (660 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Chesterton Road (460 m, Spar); Tesco Cambridge Superstore (570 m, Tesco); Co-op Ailsa Court (610 m, The Co-operative Group); Little Waitrose Fitzroy Street Cambridge (730 m, Waitrose); Co-op Cambridge - Milton Road (760 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £475,151** (July 2026). Cambridge’s average house price was £475,151 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). No change in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £43,741** (2025). Full-time workers living in Cambridge earned a median of £43,741 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 69th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 10.9×** (2025). A home in Cambridge costs 10.9 times local full-time pay. Joint 35th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 11.5** (2025). Cambridge has a deprivation score of 11.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 40th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Cambridge 004E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 5.2** (2025). Cambridge 004E has a deprivation score of 5.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,032nd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £712,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Cambridge 004E was £712,500 in 2025. Joint 1,443rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,629** (2021). Cambridge 004E had 1,629 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 16,713th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.5%** (January 2026). In Cambridge 004E, 95.5% 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.

## CB4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £443,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CB4 was £443,000 in 2025. 456th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 43,922** (2021). CB4 had 43,922 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 337th 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in CB4 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.7%** (January 2026). In CB4, 95.7% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge)
- Centre: 52.2122, 0.1352

Council: [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cambridge): Daniel Zeichner (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.1352,52.2122,CB41HL

## How to cite

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