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Howard Close, Cambridge

MyStreetCheck free street report: Howard Close, Cambridge · 30 October 2026 · www.mystreetcheck.co.uk/cambridge-cambridgeshire/howard-close/

House prices, sold prices and local information for CB5 8QU.

Average price (last 12 months)
£260,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£267,292
23 sales
Price range
£240k – £306k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
30 Apr 2026
CB5 8QU

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At a glance

House prices£267k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeAbout averageHigher crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationAbout averageDecile 4 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station10 min walkCambridge North station Schools4 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles Ultrafast broadband99% of homesNational average 80% Freehold or leaseholdAll leaseholdAcross 24 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

23 property sales on Howard Close, Cambridge have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £260,000. Most sales here are flat homes, which have sold for an average of £266,345. 3 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 2 of them sold for more the second time. By property type, sales here have been 78% flat, 22% semi-detached. Recorded sale prices on Howard Close range from £240,000 to £305,500. Every home sold here was sold leasehold.

House prices on Howard Close compared

CB5 postcode area£430,435
Cambridge£512,977
England & Wales£358,701

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Howard Close has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all CB5 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £262,500 (2 sales)2016£263k2017: £260,662 (5 sales)2017£261k2018: £258,250 (2 sales)2018£258k2019: £265,000 (1 sales)2019£265k2020: £259,000 (2 sales)2020£259k2021: £260,000 (1 sales)2021£260k2022: £267,333 (3 sales)2022£267k2023: £277,750 (2 sales)2023£278k2024: £270,500 (2 sales)2024£271k2025: £300,700 (2 sales)2025£301k2026: £260,000 (1 sales)2026£260k

Tenure: 0% freehold and 100% leasehold across 24 recorded sales. Lease extension calculator.

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Flat18£266,34530 Apr 2026
Semi-detached5£270,70026 Sep 2025

Sold prices on Howard Close

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
26, Howard Close CB5 8QU 30 Apr 2026£260,000 FlatLeasehold
37, Howard Close CB5 8QU 26 Sep 2025£305,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
57, Howard Close CB5 8QU 12 Aug 2025£296,400 FlatLeasehold
62, Howard Close CB5 8QU 15 Nov 2024£290,000 FlatLeasehold
59, Howard Close CB5 8QU 31 May 2024£251,000 FlatLeasehold
65, Howard Close CB5 8QU 13 Dec 2023£250,000 FlatLeasehold
60, Howard Close CB5 8QU 9 Jun 2023£305,500 FlatLeasehold
34, Howard Close CB5 8QU 7 Oct 2022£267,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
14, Howard Close CB5 8QU 10 Jun 2022£265,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
36, Howard Close CB5 8QU 7 Jun 2022£270,000 FlatLeasehold
64, Howard Close CB5 8QU 30 Jun 2021£250,000 FlatLeasehold
62, Howard Close CB5 8QU 9 Feb 2021£260,000 FlatLeasehold
30, Howard Close CB5 8QU 14 Dec 2020£268,000 FlatLeasehold
1, Howard Close CB5 8QU 1 Oct 2020£250,000 FlatLeasehold
48, Howard Close CB5 8QU 27 Mar 2019£265,000 FlatLeasehold
16, Howard Close CB5 8QU 13 Jul 2018£265,000 Semi-detachedLeasehold
4, Howard Close CB5 8QU 26 Jan 2018£251,500 Semi-detachedLeasehold
58, Howard Close CB5 8QU 19 Dec 2017£260,000 FlatLeasehold
64, Howard Close CB5 8QU 29 Aug 2017£260,000 FlatLeasehold
19, Howard Close CB5 8QU 20 Jul 2017£265,000 FlatLeasehold
30, Howard Close CB5 8QU 5 Jul 2017£255,000 FlatLeasehold
49, Howard Close CB5 8QU 2 Jun 2017£263,310 FlatLeasehold
51, Howard Close CB5 8QU 9 Dec 2016£285,000 FlatLeasehold
62, Howard Close CB5 8QU 20 May 2016£240,000 FlatLeasehold

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

AddressSalesChange
62, Howard Close £240,000 (May 2016) → £260,000 (Feb 2021) → £290,000 (Nov 2024) +21%
over 8 yrs
64, Howard Close £260,000 (Aug 2017) → £250,000 (Jun 2021) -4%
over 4 yrs
30, Howard Close £255,000 (Jul 2017) → £268,000 (Dec 2020) +5%
over 3 yrs

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Crime and flood risk near Howard Close

Crime

281 crimes were reported within about a mile of Howard Close in August 2026.

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

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Higher crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Violence & sexual offences88
Shoplifting53
Anti-social behaviour50
Public order18
Criminal damage & arson14
Vehicle crime12

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

Flood risk

Howard Close 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 Howard Close

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
The Fields Nursery School 62 pupils Nursery 2–5 Good Report 0.7 mi
The Galfrid School 211 pupils Primary 4–11 Good Report 0.7 mi
Chesterton Primary School 173 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.7 mi
Fen Ditton Primary School 119 pupils Primary 4–11 Report 0.7 mi
Shirley Community Primary School 303 pupils Primary 4–11 Good Report 0.8 mi
Marleigh Primary Academy 189 pupils Primary 3–11 Report 0.8 mi
Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA) 453 pupils Other independent school 13–24 Report 1.0 mi
St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 198 pupils Primary Church of England 4–11 Good Report 1.2 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 North station 0.5 mi · 10 min walk
  • Cambridge station 1.9 mi · 39 min walk
  • Cambridge South station 3.3 mi · 1 hr 5 min walk

GP surgeries

  • East Barnwell Health Centre
    Ditton Lane, Cambridge · 0.3 mi
  • Nuffield Road Medical Centre
    Nuffield Road, Chesterton, Cambridge · 0.7 mi
  • Cambridge Access Surgery
    125 Newmarket Road, Cambridge · 1.2 mi
  • York Street Medical Practice
    146-148 York Street, Cambridge · 1.2 mi

Supermarkets

  • Spar Spar - Barnwell Road · 0.4 mi
  • The Co-operative Food Co-op Cambridge Square · 0.5 mi
  • Tesco Express Tesco Chesterton Cambs Express · 0.7 mi
  • Aldi Aldi Newmarket Road · 0.8 mi

Pharmacies

  • Ditton Pharmacy · 0.3 mi
  • Nuffield Pharmacy · 0.7 mi
  • Boots · 0.9 mi

Dentists

  • Cheddars Lane Dental Surgery · 0.8 mi
  • St Marks Dental Surgery And Orthodontics · 0.9 mi
  • Dental Surgery · 1.1 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 4 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.

Income3 of 10
Employment4 of 10
Education and skills2 of 10
Health and disability5 of 10
Crime4 of 10
Access to housing and services4 of 10
Living environment8 of 10

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

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned41.5%62.5%
Private rented17.5%20.3%
Social rented40.0%17.1%
Households588

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1519.6%17.4%
Aged 15–6468.9%64.1%
Aged 65+11.5%18.6%
Residents1,431

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)99%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)99%80%
Gigabit-capable99%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

HereEng & Wales
4G indoors, all 4 networks99%89%
4G indoors, at least 1 network100%100%
4G outdoors, all 4 networks100%99%
Calls indoors, all 4 networks100%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.

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Who lives around Howard Close

Ethnic group

HereCambridge
White82%74.5%
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.6%14.8%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.6%5.1%
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.2%2.4%
Other ethnic group1.7%3.1%

Religion

HereCambridge
No religion47.1%44.7%
Christian37.8%35.2%
Not answered8%9.8%
Muslim4.5%5.1%
Hindu1.1%2.3%
Other religion1%0.8%
Buddhist0.3%1.1%
Jewish0.2%0.7%

Country of birth

HereCambridge
Born in the UK71.7%62%
Born outside the UK28.3%38%

Highest qualification

HereCambridge
Level 4 qualifications and above36.1%55.8%
No qualifications21.1%9.6%
Level 3 qualifications11.9%18.2%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%4.8%
Level 2 qualifications11.2%6.9%
Apprenticeship5.4%2.6%
Other qualifications2.8%2.1%

General health

HereCambridge
Very good health47.6%55%
Good health33.8%32.1%
Fair health13%9.6%
Bad health4.6%2.5%
Very bad health1%0.7%

Cars or vans per household

HereCambridge
1 car or van in household48.6%46.6%
No cars or vans in household31%34.4%
2 cars or vans in household15.2%15%
3 or more cars or vans in household5.3%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.

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