Histon and Impington
TownTown in South Cambridgeshire, East of England.
Histon and Impington is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Histon and Impington add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Histon and Impington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Histon and Impington compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Histon and Impington safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Histon and Impington at a rate of 78.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Histon and Impington.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (182), anti-social behaviour (115) and other crime (114).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Histon and Impington was 67.2 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 Histon and Impington, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Histon and Impington has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Histon and Impington
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Cambridgeshire 006A | 1,466 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% |
| South Cambridgeshire 006B | 1,648 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.1% |
| South Cambridgeshire 006C | 1,431 | 139.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| South Cambridgeshire 006D | 1,919 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.0% |
| South Cambridgeshire 006F | 1,383 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.4% |
Your MP
- Ian SollomLiberal DemocratMP for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Histon and Impington1
Middle areas in Histon and Impington1
Towns near Histon and Impington6
Histon and Impington in brief
Histon and Impington is a town in South Cambridgeshire, East of England.
About 7,920 people lived in Histon and Impington 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 97 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 78.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Histon and Impington was £475,000 in 2025.
Histon and Impington had 7,781 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Histon and Impington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Histon and Impington, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.