Abbey Street, Cambridge

MyStreetCheck free street report: Abbey Street, Cambridge · 31 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/cambridge-cambridgeshire/abbey-street/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CB1 2QP.

Average price (last 12 months)

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0 sales

Average price (since 2016)

£333,600

20 sales

Price range

£140k – £585k

lowest to highest sale

Last sale

17 Sep 2024

CB1 2QP

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At a glance

House prices£334k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeHigher than averageHigher crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 8 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station20 min walkCambridge station Schools2 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband100% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leasehold80% leaseholdAcross 25 Land Registry sales Conservation areaChecking…Planning designations Green beltChecking…Planning designations Listed buildingsChecking…Within about 200 m Planning applicationsChecking…Within 500 m, last 90 days

20 property sales on Abbey Street, Cambridge have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. The most recent sale was on 17 Sep 2024. Most sales here are flat homes, which have sold for an average of £265,467. 6 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 3 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 75% flat, 15% terraced, 10% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on Abbey Street range from £140,000 to £585,000. 20% of homes sold here were freehold and 80% leasehold.

House prices on Abbey Street compared

CB1 postcode area£537,677

Cambridge£512,977

England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Abbey Street has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all CB1 house prices.

Average sale price by year

Tenure: 20% freehold and 80% leasehold across 25 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

Type	Sales	Average price	Last sold
Flat	15	£265,467	17 Sep 2024
Terraced	3	£546,667	1 Nov 2023
Semi-detached	2	£525,000	8 Dec 2020

Sold prices on Abbey Street

Address	Date	Price	Type	Tenure
Flat 7, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	17 Sep 2024	£285,000	Flat	Leasehold
12, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	1 Nov 2023	£530,000	Terraced	Freehold
24, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	7 Aug 2023	£585,000	Terraced	Freehold
Flat 8, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	3 Mar 2023	£275,000	Flat	Leasehold
25, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	10 Jun 2021	£525,000	Terraced	Freehold
10A, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	8 Dec 2020	£530,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
Flat 13, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	19 Mar 2020	£315,000	Flat	Leasehold
Flat 12, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	5 Sep 2019	£285,000	Flat	Leasehold
Flat 1, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	7 May 2019	£140,000	Flat	Leasehold
10B, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	19 May 2017	£520,000	Semi-detached	Freehold
Flat 1, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	27 Apr 2017	£256,000	Flat	Leasehold
Flat 4, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	4 Nov 2016	£283,000	Flat	Leasehold
Flat 9, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	1 Jul 2016	£249,000	Flat New build	Leasehold
Flat 12, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	28 Jun 2016	£285,000	Flat New build	Leasehold
Flat 3, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	17 Jun 2016	£240,000	Flat New build	Leasehold
Flat 6, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	17 Jun 2016	£245,000	Flat New build	Leasehold
Flat 1, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	17 Jun 2016	£245,000	Flat New build	Leasehold
Flat 11, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	17 Jun 2016	£350,000	Flat New build	Leasehold
Flat 5, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	17 Jun 2016	£270,000	Flat New build	Leasehold
Flat 10, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	14 Jun 2016	£285,000	Flat New build	Leasehold
Flat 4, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	14 Jun 2016	£249,000	Flat	Leasehold
Flat 13, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	13 Jun 2016	£315,000	Flat New build	Leasehold
Flat 8, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	10 Jun 2016	£240,000	Flat New build	Leasehold
Flat 7, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	10 Jun 2016	£279,000	Flat New build	Leasehold
Flat 2, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street CB1 2QP	10 Jun 2016	£250,000	Flat New build	Leasehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

Address	Sales	Change
Flat 7, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street	£279,000 (Jun 2016) → £285,000 (Sep 2024)	+2% over 8 yrs
Flat 8, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street	£240,000 (Jun 2016) → £275,000 (Mar 2023)	+15% over 7 yrs
Flat 13, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street	£315,000 (Jun 2016) → £315,000 (Mar 2020)	+0% over 4 yrs
Flat 12, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street	£285,000 (Jun 2016) → £285,000 (Sep 2019)	+0% over 3 yrs
Flat 1, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street	£245,000 (Jun 2016) → £256,000 (Apr 2017) → £140,000 (May 2019)	-43% over 3 yrs
Flat 4, Nidus House, 16, Abbey Street	£249,000 (Jun 2016) → £283,000 (Nov 2016)	+14% over under a year

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Crime and flood risk near Abbey Street

Crime

913 crimes were reported within about a mile of Abbey Street in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Higher crime than about 80% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences	237
Anti-social behaviour	174
Shoplifting	144
Public order	69
Bicycle theft	67
Other theft	60

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Abbey Street is in or near 4 Environment Agency flood areas:

Low lying areas close to the River Cam at Chesterton and Fen Ditton Flood warning area
Wider area at risk from the River Cam at Chesterton and Fen Ditton Flood warning area
Lower River Cam in Cambridgeshire Flood alert area
Ely Ouse in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk Flood alert area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Abbey Street

School	Type	Ages	Ofsted	Distance
Brunswick Nursery School 81 pupils	Nursery	2–5	Report	0.1 mi
St Matthew's Primary School 628 pupils	Primary	3–11	Good Report	0.3 mi
Cardiff Sixth Form College, Cambridge 100 pupils	Other independent school	14–19	Report	0.5 mi
Parkside Community College 667 pupils	Secondary	11–16	Report	0.5 mi
Cambridge Maths School 99 pupils	16 plus	16–19	Report	0.6 mi
Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA) 453 pupils	Other independent school	13–24	Report	0.7 mi
St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 198 pupils	Primary Church of England	4–11	Good Report	0.8 mi
Sancton Wood School 363 pupils	Other independent school	1–16	Report	0.8 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around, shops and health

Train stations

Cambridge station 1.0 mi · 20 min walk
Cambridge North station 1.4 mi · 28 min walk
Cambridge South station 2.4 mi · 47 min walk

GP surgeries

Cambridge Access Surgery
125 Newmarket Road, Cambridge · 0.1 mi
York Street Medical Practice
146-148 York Street, Cambridge · 0.2 mi
Petersfield Medical Practice
25 Mill Road, Cambridge · 0.5 mi
Red House Surgery
96 Chesterton Road, Cambridge · 0.7 mi

Supermarkets

Tesco Tesco Cambridge Superstore · 0.3 mi
Asda Superstore Asda Cambridge Superstore · 0.3 mi
Lidl Lidl Cambridge Retail Park · 0.3 mi
Marks and Spencer Simply Food M&S Beehive Cambridge SF · 0.3 mi

Pharmacies

York Street Pharmacy · 0.2 mi
Asda Pharmacy · 0.3 mi
Boots · 0.3 mi

Dentists

Dental Surgery · 0.1 mi
Newmarket Road (dental Surgery) · 0.3 mi
Norfolk Street Dental Surgery · 0.3 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN), NHS England organisation data, and GEOLYTIX Retail Points (open data). Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income	9 of 10
Employment	9 of 10
Education and skills	10 of 10
Health and disability	9 of 10
Crime	2 of 10
Access to housing and services	9 of 10
Living environment	3 of 10

Each domain ranked in deciles across England (10 = least deprived).

Homes

	Here	Eng & Wales
Owned	44.0%	62.5%
Private rented	41.9%	20.3%
Social rented	14.0%	17.1%
Households	900

People

	Here	Eng & Wales
Under 15	13.2%	17.4%
Aged 15–64	78.0%	64.1%
Aged 65+	8.8%	18.6%
Residents	2,181

Broadband

	Here	UK
Superfast (30Mbit+)	100%	95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)	100%	80%
Gigabit-capable	100%	80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Mobile signal

	Here	Eng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks	99%	89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network	100%	100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks	100%	99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks	100%	92%

Share of homes across Cambridge with good coverage (Jul 2025). Signal varies street by street; check your exact address on Ofcom's checker. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

Energy ratings and home sizes on Abbey Street

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Who lives around Abbey Street

Ethnic group

	Here	Cambridge
White	77.8%	74.5%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	11.1%	14.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	4.9%	5.1%
Other ethnic group	3.7%	3.1%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African	2.5%	2.4%

Religion

	Here	Cambridge
No religion	49.1%	44.7%
Christian	28.9%	35.2%
Not answered	9.6%	9.8%
Muslim	5.2%	5.1%
Hindu	2.5%	2.3%
Other religion	1.9%	0.8%
Buddhist	1.5%	1.1%
Jewish	1.1%	0.7%

Country of birth

	Here	Cambridge
Born in the UK	56%	62%
Born outside the UK	44%	38%

Highest qualification

	Here	Cambridge
Level 4 qualifications and above	64.6%	55.8%
Level 3 qualifications	13.3%	18.2%
No qualifications	6.6%	9.6%
Level 2 qualifications	6%	6.9%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications	4.2%	4.8%
Apprenticeship	3.4%	2.6%
Other qualifications	1.7%	2.1%

General health

	Here	Cambridge
Very good health	58.8%	55%
Good health	32.1%	32.1%
Fair health	7.2%	9.6%
Bad health	1.5%	2.5%
Very bad health	0.4%	0.7%

Cars or vans per household

	Here	Cambridge
1 car or van in household	47.1%	46.6%
No cars or vans in household	40.2%	34.4%
2 cars or vans in household	11.1%	15%
3 or more cars or vans in household	1.6%	4%

Source: Census 2021 (ONS), via Nomis. Percentages of usual residents or households, as recorded in March 2021.

Figures cover the surrounding neighbourhood (Lower Layer Super Output Area, about 1,500 residents). Full demographics of Cambridge.

Planning and heritage near Abbey Street

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Estate agents near Abbey Street

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Compass Elevation 0.3 mi
Pocock + Shaw 0.5 mi

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