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Market Deeping

Market Deeping is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 13,574. It has around 19 restaurants and cafés, 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and 35 bus stops. There were around 59 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 Market Deeping 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

20°COvercast

  • Today: 24° / 12° · 49% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:26

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

54 reported · July 2026 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences21
  • Anti-social behaviour16
  • Criminal damage & arson7
  • Shoplifting3

Neighbourhood team: Market Deeping and Uffington · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour in and around the skate parks of Stamford, Bourne and Deeping St James

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

92 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 79 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stamford (11.5 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: 133.9p · BP (1.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (1.5 km)

10 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: Deeping Centre (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches13
  • Playgrounds6

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
  • 104 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

Sir John Hayes

Conservative

South Holland and The Deepings

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth 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

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens20
  • Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

27 jobs advertised · £35,142 avg

e.g. Commercial Gas Engineer, HVAC Engineer, Cooked Food Production Manager

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Biomass 27% · Gas 12% · Solar 6%

80 gCO₂/kWh · low 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 South Holland and The Deepings:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Market Deeping Town Hall · 0.1 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.

  • Market Deeping · 0.1 km

    Market Deeping is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, on the north bank of the River Welland and the A15 road. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 6,008.

  • St Guthlac's Church, Market Deeping · 0.3 km

    Saint Guthlac's Church, Market Deeping is a parish church of the Church of England in Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England.

  • Deeping St James · 1.3 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 · 1.3 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 Gate · 1.3 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Market Deeping?
Market Deeping is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Peterborough local authority.
What is the population of Market Deeping?
Market Deeping has an approximate settlement population of 13,574.
How deprived is Market Deeping?
The Peterborough local authority, which includes Market Deeping, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.