CB4 8DU

Milton & Waterbeach · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB25 9FU 0 m
CB25 9GB 287 m
CB25 9FT 482 m
CB25 9FR 603 m
CB25 9FS 681 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB4 8DU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
1 September 2006
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB4
Postcode sector
CB4 8
Latitude
52.256768
Longitude
0.163298
British National Grid easting
547,751
British National Grid northing
264,269

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Cambridgeshire · E07000012
Parish or community
E04001813
Output area
E00092290
Lower layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 004C · E01018300
Middle layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 004 · E02003778

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
15
Secondary
3
  1. Milton Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  2. Red Balloon Learner Centre - Cambridge

    Other independent school

    1.4 km
  3. Waterbeach Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
242
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 104
  • Violence and sexual offences 39
  • Anti social behaviour 38
  • Burglary 19
  • Criminal damage and arson 15

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

6

within 5 km

  • MILTON SURGERY

    87 COLES ROAD, MILTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 6BL

    ODS code D81612

    1.7 km

  • WATERBEACH AND COTTENHAM SURGERIES

    ROSALIND FRANKLIN HOUSE, BANNOLD ROAD, WATERBEACH, CAMBRIDGE, CB25 9LQ

    ODS code D81042

    2.7 km

  • NUFFIELD ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    NUFFIELD ROAD, CHESTERTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 1GL

    ODS code D81044

    3.6 km

  • FIRS HOUSE SURGERY

    FIRS HOUSE, STATION ROAD, IMPINGTON, HISTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 9NP

    ODS code D81028

    3.9 km

  • ARBURY ROAD SURGERY

    114 ARBURY ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 2JG

    ODS code D81016

    4.2 km

  • EAST BARNWELL HEALTH CENTRE

    DITTON LANE, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8SP

    ODS code D81086

    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

  • Waterbeach Rail Station

    RLY · Waterbeach

    1.5 miles
  • Cambridge North Rail Station

    RLY · Chesterton

    2.2 miles
  • Cambridge Airport

    GAT · Cambridge

    3.3 miles
  • Cambridge Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    4.5 miles
  • Cambridge South Station

    RSE · Addenbrookes

    5.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 004C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,336 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

29 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. Milton Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

242 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 104 events.

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