THE RODINGS, CB5 8TX House Prices & Local Information

CB5 8TX is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on The Rodings, 0.7km from Fen Ditton in Cambridge (Cambridge). Administratively it sits within Abbey ward and the Cambridge constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CB5 8TX is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. The daytime character shifts — ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. An average age of 35 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 53% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 62 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Average house prices are around £399k. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CB5 8TX are sourced from Output Area E00090524 (shared with 7 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.