Property market
The five-year median is £490,000 from 931 recorded sales in CB5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Cambridge is £471,098 in June 2026, down 1.2% year on year.
CB5
UK postcode district
Part of Cambridge
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 868
- Current units
- 279
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 9
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 589
Postcode sectors in CB5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
5,706 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 72, Ditton Walk, Cambridge, CB5 8QE | 24 July 2026 | £525,000 |
| 39, Howard Road, Cambridge, CB5 8QT | 17 June 2026 | £290,000 |
| 6, Wrights Close, Fen Ditton, Cambridge, CB5 8SY | 17 June 2026 | £390,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 5
- Primary
- 4
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,570
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 537
- Anti social behaviour 210
- Shoplifting 209
- Criminal damage and arson 109
- Vehicle crime 103
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CB5 usual residents
- 13,530
- Age-profile population
- 14,611
Age bands in CB5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13%
- 1,900 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 24%
- 3,501 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 34.2%
- 5,003 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 19%
- 2,782 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 9.8%
- 1,425 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 270 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 241 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 225 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
CAMBRIDGE ACCESS SURGERY
125 NEWMARKET ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8HB
ODS code Y00056
EAST BARNWELL HEALTH CENTRE
DITTON LANE, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8SP
ODS code D81086
Evidence in context
Schools
5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,570 published events cover 12 months, averaging 131 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 537 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.