Peterborough

9°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 7° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:26

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

145 reported · August 2026▲ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences61
• Anti-social behaviour21
• Public order17
• Shoplifting10

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Peterborough North · Cambridgeshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

386 reported road collisions (2025)

106 killed or seriously injured · 539 casualties · 17.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

315 food businesses within 2 miles

• 268 rated 4–5 ★ (239 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Peterborough (4.3 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,012 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £710
• 2 bed £895
• 3 bed £1,079

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.7 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,067 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (3.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Elevate (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

215,673 residents in Peterborough · 628/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,702
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,637
• Net moves−935

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 51 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,293 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 91,080)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

91 schools · 41,268 pupils

60 primary · 12 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 34 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

82 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Peterborough

273 CQC-registered services

• Care homes37
• GP practices27
• Dentists47
• Homecare agencies127
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Peterborough

• Not in the Green Belt
• 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

173 applications decided

88.4% granted · 153 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 14
• LD 8
• Grn 8
• Ref 4
• Oth 16

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools10
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,655 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2,245 jobs advertised · £42,923 avg

e.g. Field Interviewer - Full Time, Field Interviewer - Car Required – Full Time, Market Research Interviewer – Car Required – Full Time

Source: Adzuna

£711 median full-time weekly pay

5.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,966 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

57% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 111,160 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 77.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.4 women · 58 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Cambridgeshire:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND238 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases233 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth210 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks177 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills155 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Bretton, Peterborough · 0.8 km

  Bretton is a settlement and civil parish on the north western edge of Peterborough, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Bretton has been designed as a green environment;…

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  Marholm · 0.9 km

  Marholm is a village and civil parish in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. West of Peterborough and 1 mile from the seat of the Fitzwilliam family at Milton Hall. The pari…

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  Werrington dive-under · 1.0 km

  The Werrington dive-under is a replacement dual track grade separated railway junction at Werrington Junction, 3 miles (5 km) north of Peterborough railway station in Cambridgeshire, England. The junction leads to the…

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  Walton railway station (Cambridgeshire) · 1.0 km

  Walton railway station was a station in Walton, Cambridgeshire. It was on the Midland Railway's Syston and Peterborough Railway line between Peterborough and Stamford. It was closed in 1953. The Great Northern Railway…

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  Grimeshaw Wood · 1.2 km

  Grimeshaw Wood is a 16.8-hectare (42-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the western outskirts of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is owned by Peterborough City Council, and managed by the council together with the Peterb…

• Iqra Academy · 1.2 km

  The Iqra Academy is a girls-only independent school opened in 2009 in Peterborough, England. It is based around Islamic principles, however accepts both Muslim and non-Muslim students.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)