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Deeping St James

Deeping St James is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 10,000. There are around 20 restaurants and cafés, 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and 38 bus stops. There were around 44 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Deeping St James area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Peterborough area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 215,673 residents at roughly 628 people per km².

Council
Peterborough
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
37/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 249th of 294 English council areas — better than 15% of them.

Low crime21
Home affordability73
Affordable rents58
Good schools36
Life expectancy18
Low deprivation17
Employment12
Low council tax83

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

22°CCloudy

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 27% rain
  • Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:23

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

37 reported · July 2026 26% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Criminal damage & arson5
  • Shoplifting3

Neighbourhood team: Peterborough North · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below as the things your local neighbourhood policing teams across…
  • Speeding and anti-social driving

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

87 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 75 rated 4–5 ★ (63 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 38 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Peterborough (11.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 133.9p · BP (2.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (2.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 100 kW
  • Nearest: Community Centre, Market Deeping (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches13
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

215,673 residents in Peterborough · 628/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,293 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,529
B £1,784
C £2,039
D £2,293
E £2,803
F £3,313
G £3,822
H £4,587

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • City of Peterborough AcademyGood
  • Greater Peterborough UTCGood
  • Hampton Gardens Secondary SchoolGood
  • Jack Hunt AcademyGood
  • Stanground AcademyGood
  • Ken Stimpson AcademyRequires improvement
  • Arthur Mellows Village College
  • Manor Drive Secondary Academy
  • Nene Park Academy
  • Ormiston Bushfield Academy
  • Queen Katharine Academy
  • St John Fisher Catholic High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Peterborough

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

142 applications decided

82.4% granted · 117 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sam Carling

Labour

North West Cambridgeshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens14
  • Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised · £38,349 avg

e.g. Night Labourer, Dispensing Optician – Independent Practice – Market Deeping, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 65% · Biomass 21% · Solar 8% · Imports 3%

281 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Cambridgeshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Deeping Gate · 0.0 km

    Deeping Gate is a village and civil parish, lying on the River Welland in Cambridgeshire. Traditionally, the area was part of the Soke of Peterborough, geographically considered a part of Northamptonshire; it now fall…

  • The Deepings · 0.1 km

    The Deepings are a series of settlements close to the River Welland near the borders of southern Lincolnshire and north western Cambridgeshire in eastern England. Peterborough is about 8 miles to the south, Spalding a…

  • Deeping St James · 0.2 km

    Deeping St James is a large village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was reported as 7,051 at the 2011 census.

  • The Deepings School · 0.5 km

    The Deepings School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located on Park Road in Deeping St James in Lincolnshire, England. As of April 2022, the school is attended by almost 1,500 p…

  • Deeping St James Priory · 0.7 km

    Deeping St James Priory was a priory in Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, England. It was a dependency of Thorney Abbey.

  • Market Deeping Town Hall · 1.3 km

    Market Deeping Town Hall is a municipal structure in the Market Place, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Market Deeping Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Deeping St James?
Deeping St James is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Peterborough local authority.
How deprived is Deeping St James?
The Peterborough local authority, which includes Deeping St James, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.