UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/cambridge
Council areaEast of England, England
House prices in Cambridge
Homes in Cambridge sold for a median of £490,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 2,295 standard sales.
That makes it the sixth most expensive of the 45 council areas in the East of England with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £349,000.
Prices over time
The median rose 18%, from £420,000 in 2016 to £495,000 in 2025, the second smallest rise of the 45 council areas in the East of England.
Prices by property type
| Type | Sales | Median price | Middle half | Per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 285 | £766,000 | £622,000 to £1,196,000 | Too few |
| Semi-detached | 494 | £556,000 | £470,000 to £701,000 | Too few |
| Terraced | 894 | £500,000 | £415,000 to £660,000 | £6,045/m²from 34 sales |
| Flats and maisonettes | 622 | £325,000 | £257,000 to £410,000 | Too few |
Terraced houses were the most common type sold in Cambridge, at 39% of sales, ahead of flats and maisonettes at 27%.
Detached houses stand out against the East of England as a whole: a median of £766,000 here, 64% more than the £466,000 across the region.
192 sales in Cambridge, or 8%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.
Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £5,954 per m², 53% above the £3,900 across the East of England as a whole.
Council areas in the East of England
Median sale price of the 45 council areas in the East of England with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Cambridge and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.
- St Albans£621,000
- Three Rivers£550,000
- Hertsmere£545,000
- Epping Forest£515,000
- Brentwood£500,000
- Cambridge, this council area£490,000
- Uttlesford£465,000
- Dacorum£450,000
- East Hertfordshire£450,000
- Welwyn Hatfield£435,000
- Broxbourne£433,000
- South Cambridgeshire£432,000
- North Hertfordshire£425,000
- Watford£420,000
- Chelmsford£408,500
Postcode districts in Cambridge
The dearest district was CB3 (Girton), at £627,000, and the cheapest was CB5 (mostly Abbey ward), at £427,500.
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- CB3Cambridge, 299 salesMedian price £627,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −11%
- CB2Cambridge, 400 salesMedian price £525,500Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +10%
- CB1Cambridge, 998 salesMedian price £490,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −4%
- CB4Cambridge, 710 salesMedian price £435,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −2%
- CB5Cambridge, 221 salesMedian price £427,500Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −15%
1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.
From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in CB2 (Trumpington), up 10%, and fell most in CB5 (mostly Abbey ward), down 15%.
Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:
- Hills Road, Cambridge (CB2)26 sales
- Aston Terrace, Cambridge (CB3)26 sales
- Newmarket Road, Cambridge (CB5)25 sales
- Cromwell Road, Cambridge (CB1)24 sales
- Wallace Way, Cambridge (CB3)20 sales
- Wellbrook Way, Girton (CB3)19 sales
- Queen Ediths Way, Cambridge (CB1)18 sales
- Coleridge Road, Cambridge (CB1)17 sales
Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Humberstone Road, Cambridge (CB4, £887,000), Mawson Road, Cambridge (CB1, £777,500) and Riverside, Cambridge (CB5, £772,500).
The cheapest were Mill Road, Cambridge (CB1, flats, £186,000), Chieftain Way, Cambridge (CB4, flats, £275,000) and Union Lane, Cambridge (CB4, £323,500).
Living in Cambridge
Crime
97 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026
Higher than 76 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.
The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.
Gigabit broadband
95% of homes can get it
Higher than 76 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.
Radon
No postcode is in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area
Lower than 86 in 100 council areas.
In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.
Council tax
Band D is £2,467 a year in Cambridge for 2026 to 2027
Near the middle of all council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.
Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.
The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).
Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
About these figures
Cambridge's figures come from 2,295 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 5 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Cambridge, so their sales add up to 2,628 instead (how we build council pages).
Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.