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The average house price in Sawston is £399,737 over the last 12 months. Over the past year prices fell 5.1%.

England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire

Sawston

£399,737

Average price, last 12 months

−5.1% in a year
OCT 2016£299kSEPT 2026£400k

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What can I buy with my budget in Sawston?

With £400,000 you could afford the average semi-detached house in Sawston.

£400,000

Sawston

  • Flats

    £160,000

    In budget

  • Terraced

    £348,535

    In budget

  • Semi-detached

    £391,794

    In budget

  • Detached

    £500,071

    £100k short

Average sale price by type of home over the last 12 months, from HM Land Registry. These are averages, so cheaper homes of each type do sell.

How much would a mortgage cost in Sawston?

With a 10% deposit, a 25-year mortgage at 4.5% on the average home in Sawston costs £2,000 a month.

10%
4.5%
25 years
  • Sawston

    £2,000

    a month

    Average price
    £399,737
    Deposit
    £39,974
    Mortgage
    £359,763
    Salary needed at 4.5×
    £79,947

A repayment mortgage on each location's average sale price over the last 12 months. The rate is an example, not a quote, so check current deals. Many lenders cap borrowing at about 4.5 times income.

What does each type of home cost?

Average sale price by property type over the last 12 months.

Detached

  • £500,071

Semi-detached

  • £391,794

Terraced

  • £348,535

Flats

  • £160,000

What kinds of homes sell in each area?

Share of last 12 months' sales by property type.

  • Detached
  • Semi-detached
  • Terraced
  • Flats

Sawston

Mostly semi-detached houses

24%
50%
23%

How green is Sawston?

Sawston has 3 public parks among 23 green space sites. Green space covers 2.3% of the area: about 24 m² per resident, or 3.4 football pitches for every 1,000 people. Less green space per resident than 61% of areas in England and Wales, where the typical area has 31 m².

  • Sawston

    2.3%

    of the land is green space
    24 m² per resident, or 3.4 football pitches for every 1,000 residents
    3 public parks

Each grid is the location's land, one square per 1%. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

How crowded is Sawston?

Sawston has about 6.7 residents for every football pitch of land, or 2,419 people per square mile, which counts as very high density.

Sawston
6.7 people per football pitch of land · 2,419 per square mile

Census 2021 population divided by land area. A football pitch is about 7,140 m² (105 m × 68 m).

How have average house prices moved?

Rolling 12-month average for each location, last 10 years. Gaps mean no sales were recorded that month.

When have prices risen and fallen in Sawston?

Prices in Sawston were down on a year earlier in 39 months of the 108 since October 2017. They are now down 5.1% on a year earlier.

Sawston39 of 108 months down
FallingRising

Each stripe is one month: the rolling 12-month average against the same month a year earlier, since October 2017. Falls are hatched as well as red.

How many homes were sold?

Monthly sales volume for each location, last 10 years.

How do all the numbers compare?

Every measure side by side. The highest value in each row is highlighted.

Latest 12-month average

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    £399,737

Change over 1 year

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    −£21,488

Change over ~10 years

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    +£95,578

Homes sold (last 12 months)

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    59

Number of postcodes

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    293

Households (Census 2021)

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    3,081

Household density

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    1,015 per sq mi · Very High

Population (Census 2021)

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    7,345

Population density

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    2,419 per sq mi · Very High

Green space per resident

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    24 m² per resident · less than 61% of areas

Green space share of area

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    2.3%

Public parks

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    3

Crime rate (per 1,000 residents)

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    36 per 1,000 · Low

Crime vs previous 12 months

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    +9.9%

Anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    7.4 per 1,000

Peak month

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    AUG 2025 · £549,000

Most common price band

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    £300k – £400k · 40.7%

Detached average

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    £500,071

Semi-detached average

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    £391,794

Terraced average

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    £348,535

Flats average

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    £160,000

Detached share of sales

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    24.1%

Semi-detached share of sales

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    49.7%

Terraced share of sales

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    23.4%

Flats share of sales

  • Sawston

    England / Cambridgeshire and Peterborough / Cambridgeshire / South Cambridgeshire / Sawston

    2.8%

Sold prices from HM Land Registry. Households and population from Census 2021. Green space from OS Open Greenspace, not counting golf courses; Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Crime is police-recorded crime from police.uk, per 1,000 residents, over the latest 12 published months; anti-social behaviour is counted separately. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: police.uk.

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