Cottenham Area Guide | £407k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
6,793
Households
2,907
Crimes · Jun '26
49
2,907
Households
White Brit. · 85%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
49
Crimes · Jun '26
£406,667
Median property price
153
Postcodes
2,907
Households
White Brit. · 85%
Ethnicity
No religion · 47%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
49
Crimes · Jun '26
£406,667
Median property price
153
Postcodes

Sold prices in Cottenham

England & Wales
Property sales · Cottenham
HM Land Registry · Cottenham
Average price
£417,642
YoY: -7.4%
Median price: £428,708
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 1 sales · avg £230,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£552k£391k£230k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Cottenham

England & Wales
Crime trends · Cottenham

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
16
YoY +45%
20112
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
13
YoY +8%
1382
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
2
YoY —
530
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
630
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
4
YoY —
1161
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

49
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Cottenham

High flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models · Fluvial Models and Fluvial Events

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Cambridgeshire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

South Cambridgeshire is the district council. School applications go through Cambridgeshire.

Apply for a primary place via Cambridgeshire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Cottenham

GPs make up most of the mapped places

28 GPs · 15 Libraries · 9 Museums · 66 in all

  • GPs28
  • Libraries15
  • Museums9
  • Hospitals7
  • Universities7

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Cottenham

Coordinates52.2894, 0.1229
Postcodes
153
Population (Census)
6,793
Households (Census)
2,907
Recorded crime · Jun '26
49

Demographics in Cottenham

Ethnicity

Total residents: 6,782
White Brit.85.0%
Other White6.8%
White & Asian1.2%
Other Asian1.1%
Indian1.1%
+ other · 4.7%

Religion

Total residents: 6,777
No religion46.8%
Christian43.9%
Not answered7.1%
+ other · 2.2%

Age groups

Total residents: 6,793
50–6421.1%
35–4919.5%
65–7411.9%
25–3411.3%
10–157.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.8%

Households

Total households: 2,907
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.0%
Other16.3%
Any member 66+14.5%
All members 66+11.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.6%
+ 7 other households · 28.7%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Cottenham

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 7.02 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 7.02 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Cottenham