Schools
70 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 8 secondary schools. The Leys School is the nearest published school at 128 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CB2 1PU
Market · Cambridge · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeLocation overview
Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CB2 1PU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 September 2014
- Postcode area
- CB
- Postcode district
- CB2
- Postcode sector
- CB2 1
- Latitude
- 52.198168
- Longitude
- 0.121643
- British National Grid easting
- 545,099
- British National Grid northing
- 257,668
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Cambridge · E07000008
- Electoral ward
- Market · E05013057
- Parish or community
- E43000042
- Westminster constituency
- Cambridge · E14001149
- Output area
- E00090710
- Lower layer super output area
- Cambridge 007J · E01035517
- Middle layer super output area
- Cambridge 007 · E02003725
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CB2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 70
- Primary
- 34
- Secondary
- 8
- 128 m
The Leys School
Other independent school
- 191 m
Heritage School
Other independent school
- 285 m
The Stephen Perse Foundation
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,902
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,556
- Shoplifting 1,128
- Anti social behaviour 597
- Bicycle theft 510
- Other theft 450
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CB2 1 residents
- 8,302
Age bands in CB2 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 5.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 39.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32%
- Age 45 to 64
- 12.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.4%
135 residents
975 residents
793 residents
318 residents
259 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
17
within 5 km straight-line
LENSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
48 LENSFIELD ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1EH
ODS code D81001
195 m
TRUMPINGTON STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
56 TRUMPINGTON STREET, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1RG
ODS code D81013
534 m
WOODLANDS SURGERY
48-49 BATEMAN STREET, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1LR
ODS code D81070
556 m
NEWNHAM WALK SURGERY
WORDSWORTH GROVE, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 9HS
ODS code D81005
770 m
PETERSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
25 MILL ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 2AB
ODS code D81056
914 m
BRIDGE STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
2 ALL SAINTS PASSAGE, OFF BRIDGE ST, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 3LS
ODS code D81037
1.1 km
YORK STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
146-148 YORK STREET, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 2PY
ODS code D81003
1.6 km
CAMBRIDGE ACCESS SURGERY
125 NEWMARKET ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8HB
ODS code Y00056
1.7 km
RED HOUSE SURGERY
96 CHESTERTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 1ER
ODS code D81054
1.9 km
HUNTINGDON ROAD SURGERY
1 HUNTINGDON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0DB
ODS code D81002
1.9 km
MILL ROAD SURGERY
279-281 MILL ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 3DG
ODS code D81017
2.0 km
CORNFORD HOUSE SURGERY
364 CHERRY HINTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 8BA
ODS code D81012
2.8 km
QUEEN EDITH MEDICAL PRACTICE
QUEEN EDITH MEDICAL CENTRE, 59 QUEEN EDITHS WAY, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 8PJ
ODS code D81066
2.8 km
ARBURY ROAD SURGERY
114 ARBURY ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 2JG
ODS code D81016
3.1 km
EAST BARNWELL HEALTH CENTRE
DITTON LANE, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8SP
ODS code D81086
3.6 km
NUFFIELD ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
NUFFIELD ROAD, CHESTERTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 1GL
ODS code D81044
3.7 km
CHERRY HINTON MEDICAL CENTRE
34 FISHERS LANE, CHERRY HINTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 9HR
ODS code D81025
4.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.7 miles
Cambridge Rail Station
RLY · Cambridge
- 1.7 miles
Cambridge South Station
RSE · Addenbrookes
- 1.7 miles
Cambridge South Rail Station
RLY · Cambridge
- 1.7 miles
Cambridge South Station
RSE · Addenbrookes
- 2.3 miles
Cambridge Airport
GAT · Cambridge
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cambridge 007J, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,969 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,902 published events cover 12 months, averaging 491.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,556 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.