# CB5 8JX: area report for a postcode in Cambridge

CB5 8JX 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 CB5 8JX for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/cambridge) › [CB5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb5) › [CB5 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cb5-8)

## Around this postcode

- **88 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 13% on July. Cambridge 007C: 210 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX
- **Cambridge, 1.7 km**: About 21 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 320 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX
- **No property in CB5 8JX listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Cambridge 007C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX
- **£475,151 average price**: For the whole of Cambridge, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 220 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX
- **12 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 470 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at CB5 8JX**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX
- **Moderate road and rail noise at CB5 8JX**: Road 55 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX
- **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=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX
- **10.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Brunswick Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brunswick-nursery-school-e110596) | Nursery | 320 m (4 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 | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Parkside Community College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkside-community-college-e136636) | Secondary | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, April 2023 | Attainment 8 of 65.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA)](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cambridge-arts-and-sciences-cats-and-csvpa-e110935) | Independent | 930 m (12 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [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) |
| [Milton Road Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/milton-road-primary-school-e133930) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Cambridge Maths School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cambridge-maths-school-e149596) | Sixth form and further education | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cardiff-sixth-form-college-cambridge-e149027) | Independent | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2025 | £250,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| February 2025 | £1,140,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 50 m |
| January 2025 | £800,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| March 2025 | £490,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| August 2025 | £325,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| February 2024 | £325,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| June 2025 | £490,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| September 2025 | £215,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: CAMBRIDGE ACCESS SURGERY (220 m); YORK STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE (580 m); RED HOUSE SURGERY (770 m); PETERSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE (860 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (290 m); SUPERDRUG PHARMACY (450 m); YORK STREET PHARMACY (580 m); BOOTS (760 m); ASDA PHARMACY (770 m)
- Dental practices: NEWMARKET ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (170 m); DENTAL SURGERY (260 m); NORFOLK STREET DENTAL SURGERY (540 m); NEW SQUARE DENTAL PRACTICE (540 m); DENTAL SURGERY (740 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco East Rd Express (470 m, Tesco); Little Waitrose Fitzroy Street Cambridge (490 m, Waitrose); Tesco Cambridge Superstore (590 m, Tesco); Lidl Cambridge Retail Park (740 m, Lidl); Asda Cambridge Superstore (770 m, Asda)

## 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 007C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 7.0** (2025). Cambridge 007C has a deprivation score of 7.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,060th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £686,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Cambridge 007C was £686,500 in 2025. 1,673rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,748** (2021). Cambridge 007C had 2,748 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 370th 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: 94.1%** (January 2026). In Cambridge 007C, 94.1% 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.

## CB5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £434,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in CB5 was £434,000 in 2025. 486th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 12,923** (2021). CB5 had 12,923 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 898th least 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: 2%** (2022). About 2% of people in CB5 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: 99.1%** (January 2026). In CB5, 99.1% 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: 52.2092, 0.1355

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=0.1355,52.2092,CB58JX

## How to cite

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