CB4 5SY

Swavesey · South Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
South Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
CB4
Postcode sector
CB4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB24 4SY 8 m
CB24 4SN 83 m
CB24 4TF 127 m
CB24 4TE 154 m
CB24 4SJ 197 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB4 5SY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 September 2006
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB4
Postcode sector
CB4 5
Latitude
52.298645
Longitude
-0.038013
British National Grid easting
533,886
British National Grid northing
268,535

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Cambridgeshire · E07000012
Electoral ward
Swavesey · E05011305
Parish or community
E04001783
Output area
E00092186
Lower layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 021B · E01018277
Middle layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 021 · E02006874

Postcode source versions

Explore CB4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
2
  1. Fen Drayton Primary School

    Community school

    304 m
  2. Fenstanton and Hilton Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km
  3. Swavesey Village College

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
41
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 20
  • Vehicle crime 7
  • Public order 5
  • Other theft 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • SWAVESEY SURGERY

    58 BOXWORTH END, SWAVESEY, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 4RA

    ODS code D81607

    2.6 km

  • GROVE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CROMWELL PLACE, ST. IVES, PE27 5JD

    ODS code D81030

    3.6 km

  • OVER SURGERY

    1 DRINGS CLOSE, OVER, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 5NZ

    ODS code D81033

    3.9 km

  • SPINNEY SURGERY

    THE SPINNEY, RAMSEY ROAD, ST. IVES, PE27 3TP

    ODS code D81049

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Huntingdon Rail Station

    RLY · Huntingdon

    6.8 miles
  • Cambridge North Rail Station

    RLY · Chesterton

    9.8 miles
  • Cambridge Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    10.4 miles
  • Cambridge South Station

    RSE · Addenbrookes

    11.2 miles
  • Cambridge South Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    11.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 021B, 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

24,542 of 33,755

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

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Fen Drayton Primary School is the nearest published school at 304 m.

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

Recorded crime

41 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 20 events.

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