CB21 6DD

Linton · South Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward: Linton
Local authority: South Cambridgeshire
Constituency: South Cambridgeshire
Postcode district: CB21
Postcode sector: CB21 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CB21 6DB	411 m
CB21 6BZ	469 m
CB21 6BU	601 m
CB21 6DQ	618 m
CB21 6BY	714 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CB21 6DD
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 September 2006
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: CB
Postcode district: CB21
Postcode sector: CB21 6
Latitude: 52.119568
Longitude: 0.253949
British National Grid easting: 554,412
British National Grid northing: 249,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: South Cambridgeshire · E07000012
Electoral ward: Linton · E05011298
Parish or community: E04001804
Westminster constituency: South Cambridgeshire · E14001481
Output area: E00092110
Lower layer super output area: South Cambridgeshire 016D · E01018263
Middle layer super output area: South Cambridgeshire 016 · E02003790

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 CB21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 7
Primary: 5
Secondary: 1

Great Abington Primary School

Community school
1.1 km
Linton Village College

Academy converter
2.6 km
Granta School

Community special school
2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 53
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 17
Criminal damage and arson 11
Other theft 7
Drugs 5
Burglary 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 3
Postcode households: 1
Residents per household: 3.0
CB21 6 residents: 1,716

Age bands in CB21 6

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 16.8%
Age 15 to 24: 8.6%
Age 25 to 44: 20.5%
Age 45 to 64: 29.5%
Age 65 and over: 24.5%

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CB21 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

The Kings Head

BCT · Hadstock
2.8 miles
The Library

BCT · Hadstock
2.9 miles
Mitchells Cottages

BCT · Little Walden
4.3 miles
St John's Cross

BCT · Great Chesterford
4.6 miles
St John's Cross

BCT · Great Chesterford
4.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 016D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,091 of 33,755

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 10 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 3 of 10
Living environment: 5 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses: 0
Medium risk addresses: 0
Low risk addresses: 0
Groundwater flood alert area: Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Great Abington Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

53 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 17 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.