Sawston Area Guide | £411k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
7,614
Households
3,190
Crimes · Jun '26
5
3,190
Households
White Brit. · 78%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
5
Crimes · Jun '26
£411,222
Median property price
140
Postcodes
3,190
Households
White Brit. · 78%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
5
Crimes · Jun '26
£411,222
Median property price
140
Postcodes

Sold prices in Sawston

England & Wales
Property sales · Sawston
HM Land Registry · Sawston
Average price
£440,793
YoY: -8.0%
Median price: £411,222
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 4 sales · avg £386,312
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£643k£493k£344k
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 Sawston

England & Wales
Crime trends · Sawston

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
0
YoY —
740
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
0
YoY —
210
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
000
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
110
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
210
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

5
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Sawston

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.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare a postcode with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps.

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 Sawston

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 Sawston

Coordinates52.1240, 0.1714
Postcodes
140
Population (Census)
7,614
Households (Census)
3,190
Recorded crime · Jun '26
5

Demographics in Sawston

Ethnicity

Total residents: 7,630
White Brit.77.8%
Other White7.8%
Indian4.0%
Other Asian2.0%
Chinese1.4%
+ 2 other groups · 7.0%

Religion

Total residents: 7,628
Christian47.0%
No religion41.8%
Not answered6.9%
Hindu1.7%
Muslim1.4%
+ other · 1.2%

Age groups

Total residents: 7,614
35–4921.1%
50–6418.4%
25–3411.5%
65–7411.4%
75–847.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.3%

Households

Total households: 3,190
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children19.0%
Any member 66+15.3%
All members 66+12.2%
Other11.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.2%
+ 7 other households · 30.7%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Sawston

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 7.99 (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 7.99 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Sawston