CB1 9YW

Violet Close, Cambridge

Median, last 3 years

£455,000

1 sale, Jun 2023 – May 2026

Last standard sale

£455,000

3 Apr 2024

Standard sales

since 1995

CB1 district median

£483,995

497 sales, 12 months to May 2026

Medians count standard sales only (Price Paid category A). Additional entries (category B) - repossessions, buy-to-lets with an identifiable mortgage, and purchases by companies and other non-private buyers - are listed below but left out.

Median price by year

2010 to 2024. Every year since 1995 is in the figures below.

Paler bars rest on fewer than three sales, so they show which homes sold more than how prices moved.

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Median sale price and number of sales by year
Year	Median	Sales
2024 (few sales)	£455,000	1
2023 (few sales)	£350,000	1
2021	£350,000	3
2016 (few sales)	£285,000	1
2015 (few sales)	£327,500	2
2014 (few sales)	£290,000	2
2012	£265,000	4
2011 (few sales)	£205,900	2
2009	£230,000	3
2008 (few sales)	£250,000	1
2007 (few sales)	£217,000	1
2006 (few sales)	£299,998	2
2005 (few sales)	£274,000	1
2003	£200,000	3
2002	£153,750	4
2001	£176,500	3
2000	£170,000	3
1999 (few sales)	£98,250	2
1998	£79,600	3
1997	£110,000	5
1996	£78,000	3
1995	£59,000	3

Sale history (53 records · 17 homes sold more than once)

Address	Date	Type	Price
15, VIOLET CLOSE 3 Apr 2024 · Detached · Freehold Previously £190,000 (May 2003) · +139%	3 Apr 2024	Detached · Freehold	£455,000
22, VIOLET CLOSE 8 Mar 2023 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £225,000 (Jan 2012) · +56%	8 Mar 2023	Terraced · Freehold	£350,000
3, VIOLET CLOSE 16 Dec 2021 · Detached · Freehold Previously £114,000 (Nov 1998) · +256%	16 Dec 2021	Detached · Freehold	£406,255
28, VIOLET CLOSE 12 May 2021 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £138,365 (Apr 2002) · +145%	12 May 2021	Terraced · Freehold	£339,000
20, VIOLET CLOSE 22 Apr 2021 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £148,500 (May 2002) · +136%	22 Apr 2021	Terraced · Freehold	£350,000
23, VIOLET CLOSE 18 Nov 2016 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £192,800 (Dec 2011) · +48%	18 Nov 2016	Terraced · Freehold	£285,000
14, VIOLET CLOSE 6 Jul 2015 · Detached · Freehold Previously £274,995 (Jun 2006) · +37%	6 Jul 2015	Detached · Freehold	£376,000
21, VIOLET CLOSE 29 Jan 2015 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £42,000 (Dec 1995) · +564%	29 Jan 2015	Terraced · Freehold	£279,000
32, VIOLET CLOSE 19 Sep 2014 · Terraced · Freehold	19 Sep 2014	Terraced · Freehold	£270,000
13, VIOLET CLOSE 1 Aug 2014 · Detached · Freehold Previously £245,000 (Mar 2009) · +27%	1 Aug 2014	Detached · Freehold	£310,000
12, VIOLET CLOSE 24 May 2012 · Semi-detached · Freehold	24 May 2012	Semi-detached · Freehold	£305,000
17, VIOLET CLOSE 26 Mar 2012 · Detached · Freehold Previously £274,000 (Feb 2005) · +38%	26 Mar 2012	Detached · Freehold	£377,000
26, VIOLET CLOSE 20 Mar 2012 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £217,000 (Mar 2007) · −3%	20 Mar 2012	Terraced · Freehold	£210,000
22, VIOLET CLOSE 4 Jan 2012 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £110,000 (Mar 2001) · +105%	4 Jan 2012	Terraced · Freehold	£225,000
23, VIOLET CLOSE 16 Dec 2011 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £59,500 (Feb 1997) · +224%	16 Dec 2011	Terraced · Freehold	£192,800
30, VIOLET CLOSE 29 Jul 2011 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £159,000 (Dec 2002) · +38%	29 Jul 2011	Terraced · Freehold	£219,000
34, VIOLET CLOSE 1 May 2009 · Terraced · Freehold	1 May 2009	Terraced · Freehold	£165,000
13, VIOLET CLOSE 31 Mar 2009 · Detached · Freehold	31 Mar 2009	Detached · Freehold	£245,000
16, VIOLET CLOSE 17 Mar 2009 · Detached · Freehold Previously £250,000 (Oct 2008) · −8%	17 Mar 2009	Detached · Freehold	£230,000
16, VIOLET CLOSE 17 Oct 2008 · Detached · Freehold Previously £135,000 (Jun 2000) · +85%	17 Oct 2008	Detached · Freehold	£250,000
26, VIOLET CLOSE 9 Mar 2007 · Terraced · Freehold	9 Mar 2007	Terraced · Freehold	£217,000
8, VIOLET CLOSE 31 Jul 2006 · Detached · Freehold	31 Jul 2006	Detached · Freehold	£325,000
14, VIOLET CLOSE 9 Jun 2006 · Detached · Freehold Previously £176,500 (Aug 2001) · +56%	9 Jun 2006	Detached · Freehold	£274,995
17, VIOLET CLOSE 21 Feb 2005 · Detached · Freehold	21 Feb 2005	Detached · Freehold	£274,000
18, VIOLET CLOSE 6 Oct 2003 · Detached · Freehold Previously £175,000 (Sep 2000) · +54%	6 Oct 2003	Detached · Freehold	£270,000
15, VIOLET CLOSE 13 May 2003 · Detached · Freehold Previously £86,000 (Nov 1996) · +121%	13 May 2003	Detached · Freehold	£190,000
2, VIOLET CLOSE 14 Mar 2003 · Detached · Freehold Previously £78,000 (Mar 1996) · +156%	14 Mar 2003	Detached · Freehold	£200,000
30, VIOLET CLOSE 3 Dec 2002 · Terraced · Freehold	3 Dec 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£159,000
4, VIOLET CLOSE 31 Jul 2002 · Detached · Freehold Previously £189,995 (Jul 2001) · +16%	31 Jul 2002	Detached · Freehold	£219,950
20, VIOLET CLOSE 30 May 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £68,500 (Jul 1995) · +117%	30 May 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£148,500
28, VIOLET CLOSE 23 Apr 2002 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £79,600 (Jun 1998) · +74%	23 Apr 2002	Terraced · Freehold	£138,365
14, VIOLET CLOSE 6 Aug 2001 · Detached · Freehold	6 Aug 2001	Detached · Freehold	£176,500
4, VIOLET CLOSE 25 Jul 2001 · Detached · Freehold	25 Jul 2001	Detached · Freehold	£189,995
22, VIOLET CLOSE 22 Mar 2001 · Terraced · Freehold	22 Mar 2001	Terraced · Freehold	£110,000
10, VIOLET CLOSE 29 Sep 2000 · Detached · Freehold	29 Sep 2000	Detached · Freehold	£170,000
18, VIOLET CLOSE 8 Sep 2000 · Detached · Freehold Previously £110,000 (May 1997) · +59%	8 Sep 2000	Detached · Freehold	£175,000
16, VIOLET CLOSE 16 Jun 2000 · Detached · Freehold Previously £118,500 (Oct 1999) · +14%	16 Jun 2000	Detached · Freehold	£135,000
16, VIOLET CLOSE 1 Oct 1999 · Detached · Freehold Previously £75,000 (Jul 1996) · +58%	1 Oct 1999	Detached · Freehold	£118,500
36, VIOLET CLOSE 11 Jun 1999 · Terraced · Freehold	11 Jun 1999	Terraced · Freehold	£78,000
3, VIOLET CLOSE 27 Nov 1998 · Detached · Freehold	27 Nov 1998	Detached · Freehold	£114,000
38, VIOLET CLOSE 15 Jun 1998 · Terraced · Freehold Previously £59,000 (Apr 1995) · +25%	15 Jun 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£74,000
28, VIOLET CLOSE 12 Jun 1998 · Terraced · Freehold	12 Jun 1998	Terraced · Freehold	£79,600
6, VIOLET CLOSE 28 Nov 1997 · Detached · Freehold	28 Nov 1997	Detached · Freehold	£120,000
19, VIOLET CLOSE 3 Oct 1997 · Detached · Freehold	3 Oct 1997	Detached · Freehold	£99,950
1, VIOLET CLOSE 27 Jun 1997 · Detached · Freehold	27 Jun 1997	Detached · Freehold	£110,000
18, VIOLET CLOSE 9 May 1997 · Detached · Freehold	9 May 1997	Detached · Freehold	£110,000
23, VIOLET CLOSE 7 Feb 1997 · Terraced · Freehold	7 Feb 1997	Terraced · Freehold	£59,500
15, VIOLET CLOSE 25 Nov 1996 · Detached · Freehold	25 Nov 1996	Detached · Freehold	£86,000
16, VIOLET CLOSE 9 Jul 1996 · Detached · Freehold	9 Jul 1996	Detached · Freehold	£75,000
2, VIOLET CLOSE 20 Mar 1996 · Detached · Freehold	20 Mar 1996	Detached · Freehold	£78,000

Area

Postcode district: CB1
Country: England
Deprivation decile: 7 of 10
LSOA (2021): E01018243
Introduced: Dec 1998

From the English Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019, for the 2011 neighbourhood (LSOA) this postcode sits in. Decile 1 is the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 the least; ranks are not comparable between nations.

UK House Price Index

South Cambridgeshire, July 2026 (provisional)

Average price: £439,573
Change since July 2025: +2.2%
First-time buyers: £349,026

Average by property type

Detached: £636,197
Semi-detached: £403,783
Terraced: £329,171
Flat / maisonette: £199,495

The official index for South Cambridgeshire as a whole, not CB1 9YW alone. It is a modelled average, adjusted for the mix of homes sold, so it differs from a median of recorded sales, and its newest months are revised as late registrations arrive. Source: UK House Price Index (about the data).

Location

Postcode centroid, not a specific property.

Nearby postcodes

Median sold price and number of sales, Jun 2023 – May 2026; otherwise the last sale, if it was in the last ten years.

CB1 9EN £336,500 · 4 sales
CB1 9YT £372,000 · 3 sales
CB1 9YL £518,500 · 3 sales
CB1 9EP £379,500 · 2 sales
CB1 9YN £498,000 · 2 sales
CB1 9YR £341,000 · 5 sales
CB1 9YJ £463,000 · 1 sale
CB1 9EY £417,500 · 1 sale
CB1 9YP £425,000 · 5 sales
CB1 9YH £593,750 · 4 sales
CB1 9EU £406,250 · 2 sales
CB1 9ES £325,000 · last sale 2020