CB3 8TB

Bar Hill · South Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
South Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
CB3
Postcode sector
CB3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB23 8TB 1 m
CB23 8SD 91 m
CB23 8TE 98 m
CB23 8TD 135 m
CB23 8SB 195 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB3 8TB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 1983
Terminated
1 September 2006
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB3
Postcode sector
CB3 8
Latitude
52.249696
Longitude
0.012084
British National Grid easting
537,453
British National Grid northing
263,185

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
E00091915
Lower layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 022A · E01018221
Middle layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 022 · E02007085

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
6
Secondary
0
  1. Bar Hill Community Primary School

    Academy converter

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

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.3 km
  3. Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School

    Community school

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
302
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 72
  • Anti social behaviour 47
  • Vehicle crime 34
  • Criminal damage and arson 30
  • Shoplifting 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • MAPLE SURGERY BAR HILL HEALTH CENTRE

    HANOVER CLOSE, BAR HILL, CAMBRIDGE, CB23 8EH

    ODS code D81078

    562 m

  • SAS - C&P - MKGP PLUS LTD

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

    ODS code Y07024

    562 m

  • SWAVESEY SURGERY

    58 BOXWORTH END, SWAVESEY, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 4RA

    ODS code D81607

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Cambridge North Rail Station

    RLY · Chesterton

    6.5 miles
  • Cambridge Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    6.6 miles
  • Cambridge South Station

    RSE · Addenbrookes

    7.3 miles
  • Cambridge South Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    7.3 miles
  • Cambridge South Station

    RSE · Addenbrookes

    7.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 022A, 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

28,440 of 33,755

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

6 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bar Hill Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 773 m.

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

Recorded crime

302 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 72 events.

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