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South Cambridgeshire sets a Band D council tax of £2,536 for 2026-27, 72 of 296 councils in England from the highest. Police: Cambridgeshire. Fire and rescue: Cambridgeshire. Health: NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board. This page links to everything the site holds on the area; the full bill, the report card and parking each have a page of their own.
Figures for the 2026–27 financial year. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Key figures
- £2,536Band D council tax, 2026-27 up on a year earlier: +£122 (+5.0%) vs 2025-26
- 7%A roads where maintenance should be considered, 2024-25 (county)
- 206%Reserves as a share of spending, 2025-26
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
What is the council tax in South Cambridgeshire?
Band D is £2,536 a year for 2026-27, and Band A, the lowest, £1,691. That is £125 above the England average of £2,411, 72 of 296 in England from the highest.
Of a Band D bill, £181 goes to South Cambridgeshire.
Every band, who gets the money and how South Cambridgeshire compares
How does the council compare?
- Council tax rise this year5.0%Higher than the England figure of 4.9%
- Council tax per head£1,034Higher than the England figure of £796
- Ombudsman uphold rate100% (1 of 1)Higher than the England figure of 86%
- Reserves as a share of net spending206%Higher than the England figure of 50%
- Borrowing per home£4,465Higher than the England figure of £3,474
- Accounts, 2024-25Delivered by backstop92% of bodies had an opinion delivered by the backstop date
- Ofsted, children's services (county)Requires improvement to be good73% of English councils are good or outstanding
- CQC, adult social care (county)Good62% of assessed councils are good or outstanding
- A roads needing maintenance considered (county)7%Higher than the England figure of 5%
- Major planning decisions on time94.9%Higher than the England figure of 91.0%
Each figure is set against the figure for England as a whole. They are plain comparisons, one measure at a time: there is no overall score and no ranking of councils. Higher is not always better or worse; what each measure does and does not show is on the methodology page.
The full report card: complaints, finances, audit, pay and services
Roads, bins and planning
| Measure | Figure | Period |
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A roads where maintenance should be considered (Cambridgeshire County Council)Details for A roads where maintenance should be considered (Cambridgeshire County Council) | 7% | 2024-25 |
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B and C roads where maintenance should be consideredDetails for B and C roads where maintenance should be considered | 16% | 2024-25 |
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Unclassified roads where maintenance should be consideredDetails for Unclassified roads where maintenance should be considered | 22% | 2024-25 |
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Major planning decisions made on timeDetails for Major planning decisions made on time | 94.9% | 24 months to end of June 2026 |
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Road condition is from the Department for Transport; each figure is compared with England as a whole in the report card.
What does the council make from parking?
| Authority | Year | Income | Surplus |
|---|---|---|---|
Cambridgeshire CC (county)Details for Cambridgeshire CC (county) | 2025-26 | £8.5m | £3.6m |
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What the law lets a council spend a parking surplus on is on parking fines and council parking income.
Who is your MP?
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How much crime is recorded here?
In the 12 months to June 2026, police recorded 46.8 crimes per 1,000 residents in South Cambridgeshire, excluding anti-social behaviour, against 82.4 across England.
South Cambridgeshire on the crime map, down to streets of a few hundred homes
Your police precept
A Band D home in South Cambridgeshire pays £314.37 police precept in 2026-27. It funds Cambridgeshire, which has £223m in all for 2026-27. The precept is set once for the whole force area and spent across the whole force area, so the crime figures above for South Cambridgeshire are not what its precept bought.
Cambridgeshire: funding, precept and results for the whole force
Who runs police, fire, health and ambulances here?
| Service | Body | Latest | Per resident |
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PoliceDetails for Police | Cambridgeshire | £223m (2026-27) | £236 |
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Fire and rescueDetails for Fire and rescue | Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service | £40m (2025-26) | £42.04 |
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AmbulanceDetails for Ambulance | East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust | £494m (2024-25) | £75.17 |
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NHSDetails for NHS | NHS Central East Integrated Care Board | £9.3bn (2028-29) | £2,877 |
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RoadsDetails for Roads | Cambridgeshire County Council | £37m (2025-26) | £51.33 |
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SchoolsDetails for Schools | Cambridgeshire | £545m (2026-27) | £759 |
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Council spendingDetails for Council spending | South Cambridgeshire | £30m (2025-26) | £171 |
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Social careDetails for Social care | Cambridgeshire | £461m (2024-25) | £647 |
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HousingDetails for Housing | South Cambridgeshire | £3m (2025-26) | £16.37 |
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Waste and recyclingDetails for Waste and recycling | South Cambridgeshire | not published | — |
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Each body serves a wider area than South Cambridgeshire, and its money is for the whole of that area. Its page has its funding over time and what is recorded alongside it; public services near you looks them up for any postcode. Water is not covered yet: see Discover Water.
Which bodies cover South Cambridgeshire: ONS lookups of local authorities to police force areas, fire and rescue authorities, integrated care boards and local health boards (Open Government Licence v3.0); where an area is split between integrated care boards, the one covering most residents is named.
How does South Cambridgeshire look against other councils?
See South Cambridgeshire on the council map, alongside every other council on council tax, complaints, reserves, audit and inspections, or browse every council.
Common questions
- How much is council tax in South Cambridgeshire?
- Band D is £2,536 a year for 2026-27. Every band.
- Which police force covers South Cambridgeshire?
- Cambridgeshire police force area. Fire and rescue: Cambridgeshire.
Sources for this page
| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
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| Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | the 2026–27 financial year | annual | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
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