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44% of households own their home with no mortgage. Some 3,050 people live in this town, in Cambridgeshire, East of England.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. On cost of living it is strong: homes sell for a median £330,000, about 5.5 times local household income. Haddenham grades B+ overall and ranks #31 of 50 in Cambridgeshire. It comes out better than 71% of UK towns. Crime is low (B+): police record 16.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 8.1 home and vehicle crimes. What counts against it is schools (C−): primary results beat 23% of towns in England. Most journeys need a car: one in ten commuters walk, cycle or take public transport.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Haddenham does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Haddenham is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Haddenham’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Haddenham.
Key Stage 2 results at the 3 primary schools within 3 km: 56% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its only school is listed below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Arkenstall Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 269 | C |
13% of households rent from a council or housing body. Private renters make up just over one in ten households, below Cambridgeshire’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. 114 standard sales inside Haddenham’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £330,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £475,000 | 54 |
| Semi-detached | £302,475 | 42 |
| Terraced | £225,000 | 17 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 34% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car took 88% of commuters, above both Cambridgeshire’s towns (72%) and England’s towns (70%). The average household earns £60K a year before tax. Also worth knowing: of the commuters living in Haddenham, 8% work in the town itself. The town counts 0.3 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. Children under 15 make up 17%, below both Cambridgeshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). At 47.3, the median resident of Haddenham sits in the middle of the age range. Graduates make up 32% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Haddenham | Cambridgeshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 12% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 28% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.8% | 5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 32% | 37% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Cambridgeshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Of all the crimes, 59% were violence and sexual offences. Police figures for Haddenham’s built-up area: 110 crimes and 35 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. For its size, Haddenham records less crime per resident than 78% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
One GP practice serves the town; 86% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Haddenham is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 12.6 miles away. At the census, 4.5% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, about level with Cambridgeshire’s towns (4.4%) and below England’s towns (5.2%).
| Census 2021 | Haddenham | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 84% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.5% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Haddenham’s listed buildings include the Church of Holy Trinity, Grade I. Conservation areas cover 27% of the town’s land, above Cambridgeshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (7%) alike. Homes from before 1919 make up 16% of the total.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
14 listed buildings in Haddenham, 1 of them Grade I.
Three Kings Inn: Photo: John M · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Haddenham War Memorial: Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haddenham | 3,050 | — | B+ | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Sutton | 3,880 | 2.6 | B+ | A | B+ | B+ |
| Witchford | 2,386 | 3.1 | — | A− | C+ | B+ |
| Stretham | 2,070 | 3.2 | — | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Willingham | 3,912 | 4.8 | A− | A− | B− | B+ |
| Earith | 1,656 | 4.8 | — | A | B+ | A− |
| Cottenham | 6,156 | 4.9 | A | B+ | B− | B |
| Ely | 19,185 | 5.8 | A | B+ | C+ | A− |
Witchford, Stretham and Earith have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Primary results trail 77% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Cambridgeshire council.
Town in Cambridgeshire, England
Haddenham is a built-up area of 3,050 people, in the East Cambridgeshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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