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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 (IoD2025). 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
36/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 253rd of 294 English council areas — better than 14% of them.

Low crime22
Home affordability73
Affordable rents58
Good schools35
Life expectancy13
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

8°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:24

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

86 reported · August 2026▲ 139% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour28
  • Violence & sexual offences27
  • Criminal damage & arson17
  • Other theft5

Neighbourhood team: Market Deeping and Uffington · Lincolnshire

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

90 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 77 rated 4–5 ★ (63 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

£1,012 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

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (4.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (4.5 km)

5 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)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

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

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)

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

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

173 applications decided

88.4% granted · 153 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir John Hayes

Conservative

South Holland and The Deepings

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

9,655 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

30 jobs advertised · £21,229 avg

e.g. Moped Delivery Rider, Car Delivery Driver, Junior Project 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

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Biomass 34% · Gas 11% · Imports 5%

86 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in PE6

  • The Deepings Practice
  • Abbeyview Surgery
  • Jenner Healthcare

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Holland and The Deepings:

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

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 IoD2025.