Kings Hedges

Cambridge · East of England · population 10,057 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

38Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,234 of 6,856 in England
  • #581 of 746 in East of England
  • #14 of 14 in Cambridge
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,314
Median age (est.)35
Density6,565per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above42%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 38%45–64 22%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 36%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 12%Other: 21%
One person 32%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 12%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Elementary 17% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Elementary17%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure11%
Skilled trades8%
Process & plant7%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative6%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 10%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 80%Asian 10%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 39% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 34%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Kings Hedges is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,234 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 14 in Cambridge. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (79) but weak on Crime (19). Typical homes here sold for about £365,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 58 sales), 26% below the wider Cambridge median of £495,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,943 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 115 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 31 · #4,749
Employment 41 · #4,049
Education 40 · #4,104
Health 34 · #4,550
Crime 19 · #5,530
Housing & access 47 · #3,645
Living environment 79 · #1,444

House prices ?

£365,000median (12m) · -2.7% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£365,00058-2.7%+23.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£420,12516-11.1%-1.1%
Terraced£375,00027+3.2%+21.0%
Flat£250,00013+8.2%+7.8%
This area£365,000
Cambridge£495,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£40,943±£5,749 · #3,135 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,084
Price-to-income ?8.9×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

115 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,161 offences
Cambridge93
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,347 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences413
Theft297
Burglary40
Vehicle crime74
Criminal damage & arson104
Public order & weapons104
Drugs92
Robbery10
Other27

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 171 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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