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City · East of England

Living in Huntingdonshire

22 neighbourhoods · 111 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
0.59× nat.
41% below nat. avg · 58.8 / 1k / yr · #129 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
118 min
#250 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.45
#123 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,045/mo
+3.5% YoY · #165 of 314 cities
Council tax
£199/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Huntingdonshire

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

22 neighbourhoods · 111 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Huntingdon Sapley & Oxmoor£884+3.5%5330
Ramsey£894+3.5%1449
Huntingdon Central & West£897+3.5%7515
Yaxley & Farcet£914+3.5%3748
St Neots Eynesbury£968+3.5%3861
St Ives North£972+3.5%6081
Sawtry & Gidding£979+3.5%3476
Somersham, Riptons & Raveleys£1,005+3.5%2877
St Neots Eaton Socon£1,005+3.5%1944
St Neots Priory Park£1,007+3.5%6464
Warboys & Bury£1,026+3.5%1475
Godmanchester£1,036+3.5%5276
St Neots Eaton Ford£1,045+3.5%5195
Huntingdon Hartford£1,052+3.5%6389
St Ives South£1,084+3.5%2268
Brampton, the Stukeleys and the Alconburys£1,106+3.5%1272
Little Paxton, Love's Farm & Great Gransden£1,107+3.5%2376
Stilton, Elton & Folksworth£1,122+3.5%1379
Buckden & Perry£1,142+3.5%1780
Bluntisham, Earith & Needingworth£1,173+3.5%2980
Houghton, Hemingford & Fenstanton£1,189+3.5%1990
Kimbolton, Great Staughton & Molesworth£1,234+3.5%882

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Huntingdonshire

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Huntingdonshire. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Huntingdon Sapley & Oxmoor£884/mo
  2. 2.Ramsey£894/mo
  3. 3.Huntingdon Central & West£897/mo
  4. 4.Yaxley & Farcet£914/mo
  5. 5.St Neots Eynesbury£968/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Huntingdon Central & West75/100
  2. 2.St Neots Priory Park64/100
  3. 3.Huntingdon Hartford63/100
  4. 4.St Ives North60/100
  5. 5.Huntingdon Sapley & Oxmoor53/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Huntingdonshire.

Avg rent
£1,045/mo
#165 of 314 cities
Sale price
£316,250
+2.5% YoY
Yrs to deposit
4.8 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£736/mo
2 bed£955/mo
3 bed£1,155/mo
4 bed£1,682/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£478,847
Semi-detached£300,613
Terraced£238,575
Flat£148,035
Affordability
Price-to-earnings9.6×
Rent / take-home38%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£2,387/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£1,677/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Huntingdonshire

Crime in Huntingdonshire runs at 41% below the national average. Above median (#129 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 58.8, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
58.8
#129 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
21.1
Anti-social behaviour
10.9
Criminal damage & arson
4.8
Vehicle crime
3.1
Other theft
3.1
Public order
2.9
Burglary
2.4
Drugs
2.4
Shoplifting
2.0
Other crime
1.9
Possession of weapons
1.2
Bicycle theft
0.7
Robbery
0.7
Theft from the person
0.7
Safest neighbourhoods in Huntingdonshire
by safety score (higher = safer)
St Neots Eaton Ford95/100
Houghton, Hemingford & Fenstanton90/100
Huntingdon Hartford89/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Huntingdonshire

100% of schools serving Huntingdonshire are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
33%
#171 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Huntingdonshire
by school score
Stilton, Elton & Folksworth75/100
Yaxley & Farcet75/100
Somersham, Riptons & Raveleys59/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Huntingdonshire

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub
118 min
#250 of 318 cities
To London
118 min
Median across local areas
To Leeds
182 min
Median across local areas
To Birmingham
190 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
118 min
Leeds
182 min
Birmingham
190 min
Sheffield
203 min
Manchester
246 min
Liverpool
257 min
Bristol
279 min
Cardiff
305 min
Edinburgh
316 min
Glasgow
407 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car53%Public2%Active7%WFH36%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Huntingdonshire
by transport score
Huntingdon Central & West88/100
St Neots Priory Park78/100
Huntingdon Sapley & Oxmoor75/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire has 0.45 jobs per resident locally. Above median

Jobs per resident
0.45
#123 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
+1.1%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs7 min
PT — 100 jobs8 min
Drive — 500 jobs8 min
PT — 500 jobs13 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs20 min
PT — 5,000 jobs45 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
21.7%
Manufacturing
12.9%
Health & social care
11.5%
Education
6.9%
Professional & business svcs
6.7%
Construction
5.9%
Tech & ICT
2.7%
Finance & insurance
1.0%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Huntingdonshire

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Huntingdonshire?
The median monthly rent across Huntingdonshire is £1,045, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Huntingdonshire?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Huntingdonshire by estimated median rent is Huntingdon Sapley & Oxmoor at approximately £884/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Huntingdonshire?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Huntingdonshire is Huntingdon Central & West at 75/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Huntingdonshire a safe area?
Huntingdonshire has an average safety score of 68/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Huntingdonshire?
The most common council tax band in Huntingdonshire is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £328. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Huntingdonshire.
What is the average salary in Huntingdonshire?
The median annual resident salary in Huntingdonshire is £33,375, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Huntingdonshire, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Huntingdonshire?
The average property price in Huntingdonshire is approximately £305,197 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Huntingdonshire?
Gross rental yield in Huntingdonshire is approximately 3.6% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Huntingdonshire?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 4.8 years in Huntingdonshire. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Huntingdonshire?
100% of premises in Huntingdonshire are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Huntingdonshire?
2.4% of 16-64 residents in Huntingdonshire are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Huntingdonshire?
Huntingdonshire contains 22 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 111 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in Huntingdonshire

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.

Showing 80 of 111 sub-areas. Drill into any neighbourhood above for the full sub-area list.