CB22 5FG

Shelford · South Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Cambridge
Local authority
South Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
CB22
Postcode sector
CB22 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB22 5BE 55 m
CB22 5AX 67 m
CB22 5BD 99 m
CB22 5BG 116 m
CB22 5LD 150 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB22 5FG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2006
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB22
Postcode sector
CB22 5
Latitude
52.149879
Longitude
0.142120
British National Grid easting
546,657
British National Grid northing
252,339

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Cambridgeshire · E07000012
Electoral ward
Shelford · E05011304
Parish or community
E04001794
Westminster constituency
South Cambridgeshire · E14001481
Output area
E00092268
Lower layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 012B · E01018293
Middle layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 012 · E02003786

Postcode source versions

Explore CB22

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Limes, Flat 1, Mingle Lane, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB22 5FG 19 November 2024 £418,000
The Limes, Flat 4, Mingle Lane, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB22 5FG 7 July 2023 £395,000
The Limes, Flat 3, Mingle Lane, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB22 5FG 18 June 2010 £210,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
16
Secondary
6
  1. Stapleford Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    840 m
  2. Great and Little Shelford CofE (Aided) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    873 m
  3. Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology

    University technical college

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
173
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 62
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 18
  • Burglary 17
  • Other theft 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

4 female, 2 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.5
CB22 5 residents
8,567

Age bands in CB22 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

1,484 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.6%

660 residents

Age 25 to 44
25%

2,156 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

2,271 residents

Age 65 and over
23.9%

2,059 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CB22 5 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • QUEEN EDITH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    QUEEN EDITH MEDICAL CENTRE, 59 QUEEN EDITHS WAY, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 8PJ

    ODS code D81066

    3.4 km

  • CORNFORD HOUSE SURGERY

    364 CHERRY HINTON ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 8BA

    ODS code D81012

    4.1 km

  • GRANTA MEDICAL PRACTICES

    SAWSTON MEDICAL CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, SAWSTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB22 3HU

    ODS code D81043

    4.3 km

  • CHERRY HINTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    34 FISHERS LANE, CHERRY HINTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 9HR

    ODS code D81025

    4.8 km

  • HARSTON SURGERY

    11 CHURCH STREET, HARSTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB22 7NP

    ODS code D81058

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Shelford (Cambs) Rail Station

    RLY · Great Shelford

    0.1 miles
  • Cambridge South Station

    RSE · Addenbrookes

    1.7 miles
  • Cambridge South Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    1.7 miles
  • Cambridge South Station

    RSE · Addenbrookes

    1.8 miles
  • Cambridge Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    3.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 012B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,397 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
7 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
4
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

Property market

The five-year median is £406,500 from 2 recorded sales in CB22 5FG. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Cambridgeshire is £436,011 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 6 secondary schools. Stapleford Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 840 m.

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

Recorded crime

173 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 62 events.

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