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Eye (Peterborough)

Eye (Peterborough) is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 5 restaurants and cafés, 11 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Peterborough, 5.6 km away. There were around 31 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 Eye (Peterborough) 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
Peterborough
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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 10° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:30

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

46 reported · July 2026 64% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences12
  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Criminal damage & arson7
  • Other theft7

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

77 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Peterborough (5.6 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Peterborough (5.5 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (6.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (5.3 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

30 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Close Mitsubishi (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds9

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
  • 16 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

Andrew Pakes

Labour (Co-op)

Peterborough

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

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

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £30,888 avg

e.g. Chef, Care Assistant - Driving License Required

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

62% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Gas 34% · Biomass 24% · Imports 4%

163 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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 Peterborough:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Eye Green railway station · 0.5 km

    Eye Green railway station was a station in Eye, Cambridgeshire, on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Peterborough and Wisbech.

  • Eye Green Local Nature Reserve · 0.9 km

    Eye Green Local Nature Reserve is a 12 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Eye Green in Cambridgeshire. It was managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire until September 2016, when…

  • Eye Gravel Pit · 0.9 km

    Eye Gravel Pit is a 0.4-hectare (0.99-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Eye Green in Cambridgeshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site, and part of it overlaps Eye Green Local Nature Re…

  • Eye, Cambridgeshire · 1.0 km

    Eye is a village in the unitary authority area of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The village is 3.8 miles (6 km) west of Thorney and 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Crowland, both known f…

  • Eye Green · 1.0 km

    Eye Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Eye, in the unitary authority area of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies north of Eye and south of Crowland.

  • Dogsthorpe Star Pit · 1.6 km

    Dogsthorpe Star Pit is a 36.4-hectare (90-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)) on the eastern outskirts of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is also designated a Local Nature Reserve, and it i…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

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