Property market
The five-year median is £315,000 from 2,966 recorded sales in CB8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for West Suffolk is £296,879 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.
CB8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,603
- Current units
- 1,074
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 16
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 529
Postcode sectors in CB8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
19,990 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 15, Duchess Drive, Newmarket, CB8 8AG | 24 July 2026 | £404,000 |
| 20, Carson Walk, Newmarket, CB8 0DR | 21 July 2026 | £155,000 |
| 383, Aureole Walk, Studlands Park, Newmarket, CB8 7AZ | 21 July 2026 | £282,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 13
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,408
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,066
- Criminal damage and arson 207
- Shoplifting 179
- Other theft 155
- Burglary 139
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- CB8 usual residents
- 34,600
- Age-profile population
- 33,139
Age bands in CB8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.6%
5,124 residents
3,007 residents
9,207 residents
8,959 residents
6,842 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 1,027 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%
890 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 582 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 16 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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
OAKFIELD SURGERY
NEWMARKET HOSPITAL, 56 EXNING ROAD, NEWMARKET, CB8 7JG
ODS code D83067
ORCHARD HOUSE SURGERY
FRED ARCHER WAY, NEWMARKET, CB8 8NU
ODS code D83027
THE ROOKERY MEDICAL CENTRE
THE ROOKERY, NEWMARKET, CB8 8NW
ODS code D83029
WICKHAMBROOK SURGERY
BOYDEN CLOSE, WICKHAMBROOK, NEWMARKET, CB8 8XU
ODS code D83003
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Evidence in context
Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,408 published events cover 12 months, averaging 200.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,066 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.