Peterborough

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 17° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:23

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

817 reported · July 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences293
• Anti-social behaviour138
• Public order64
• Shoplifting63

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Peterborough City Centre · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 410 rated 4–5 ★ (363 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Peterborough (0.2 km)
• 49 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (3.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (3.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Queensgate Green Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches43
• Playgrounds29

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
• 134 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)

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies8
• Supermarkets17
• Parks & greens39
• Restaurants & cafés117

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 Peterborough:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s475 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 355 local signatures · 19,618 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership310 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office293 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test162 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• Classic Gold 1332 · 0.1 km

  Classic Gold 1332 was an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the Peterborough area on 1332 kHz AM and DAB digital radio. It also was available around Cambridge on DAB digital radio. It was part of the Clas…

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  Heart Peterborough · 0.1 km

  Heart Peterborough was an Independent Local Radio station serving Cambridgeshire, south Lincolnshire and west Norfolk. Launched on 10 July 1980 as Hereward Radio 225, the station was the first local service in the are…

• Peterborough Crescent railway station · 0.1 km

  Peterborough Crescent was a railway station serving the city of Peterborough, England. The station opened in 1858 but closed in 1866. The station was served by Midland Railway from the Syston to Peterborough Line.

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  Peterborough railway station · 0.2 km

  Peterborough railway station serves the cathedral city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. It is sited 76 miles 29 chains (122.9 km) north of London King's Cross. The station is a major interchange serving both…

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  Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery · 0.2 km

  Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery houses the historical and art collections of the city of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, England. Managed by Peterborough Limited on behalf of the city council, it is part of the Mu…

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  Queensgate Peterborough · 0.3 km

  The Queensgate shopping centre is located in the centre of the UK city of Peterborough, in Cambridgeshire. It contains over 100 stores and parking for 2,300 cars in four onsite multi-storey car parks. Queensgate bus s…

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