Peterborough

18°CCloudy

• Today: 22° / 13° · 77% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:26

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

140 reported · July 2026▲ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences70
• Anti-social behaviour24
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Shoplifting10

Neighbourhood team: Peterborough North · Cambridgeshire

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

337 reported road collisions (2024)

64 killed or seriously injured · 471 casualties · 15.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

313 food businesses within 2 miles

• 265 rated 4–5 ★ (238 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,003 average monthly rent▲ 4.1% YoY

• 1 bed £703
• 2 bed £886
• 3 bed £1,068

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 133.9p · BP (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (9.6 km)

12 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 53 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

14% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

90 schools · 40,976 pupils

60 primary · 12 secondary · 18 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Peterborough

270 CQC-registered services

• Care homes38
• GP practices27
• Dentists47
• Homecare agencies124
• 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)

142 applications decided

82.4% granted · 117 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 14
• LD 8
• Grn 7
• Ref 5
• Oth 16

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

• Schools10
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,756 jobs advertised · £43,186 avg

e.g. Mobile Vehicle Technician, Mobile Mechanic, Plasterer

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:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s457 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership440 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office378 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test292 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases232 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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)