CB23 8AW

Bar Hill · South Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
South Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
CB23
Postcode sector
CB23 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB23 8EU 8 m
CB23 8EF 48 m
CB23 8DU 181 m
CB23 8EJ 193 m
CB23 8EP 248 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB23 8AW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 September 2019
Terminated
1 November 2019
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB23
Postcode sector
CB23 8
Latitude
52.255448
Longitude
0.024843
British National Grid easting
538,306
British National Grid northing
263,849

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Cambridgeshire · E07000012
Electoral ward
Bar Hill · E05011283
Parish or community
E04001760
Output area
E00091912
Lower layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 022B · E01018222
Middle layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 022 · E02007085

Postcode source versions

Explore CB23

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Bar Hill Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    319 m
  2. Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km
  3. Oakington CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
236
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 60
  • Anti social behaviour 41
  • Shoplifting 26
  • Criminal damage and arson 25
  • Other theft 19

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CB23 8 residents
5,047

Age bands in CB23 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

829 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.9%

391 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.3%

1,306 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

1,380 residents

Age 65 and over
21.4%

1,061 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • MAPLE SURGERY BAR HILL HEALTH CENTRE

    HANOVER CLOSE, BAR HILL, CAMBRIDGE, CB23 8EH

    ODS code D81078

    521 m

  • SAS - C&P - MKGP PLUS LTD

    MAPLE SURGERY, HANOVER CLOSE, BAR HILL, CAMBRIDGE, CB23 8EH

    ODS code Y07024

    521 m

  • SWAVESEY SURGERY

    58 BOXWORTH END, SWAVESEY, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 4RA

    ODS code D81607

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Cambridge North Rail Station

    RLY · Chesterton

    6.1 miles
  • Cambridge Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    6.4 miles
  • Cambridge Airport

    GAT · Cambridge

    7.1 miles
  • Cambridge South Station

    RSE · Addenbrookes

    7.2 miles
  • Cambridge South Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    7.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 022B, 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

31,655 of 33,755

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

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bar Hill Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 319 m.

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

Recorded crime

236 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 60 events.

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