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Whittlesey

Whittlesey is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 12,745. It has around 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, 2 supermarkets, and 12 restaurants and cafés, with 15 bus stops and Whittlesea railway station 1 km away. There were around 83 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 Whittlesey area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Fenland area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 102,459 residents at roughly 188 people per km².

Council
Fenland
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
North East Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
45/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 184th of 294 English council areas — better than 37% of them.

Low crime51
Home affordability63
Affordable rents63
Good schools68
Life expectancy33
Low deprivation14
Employment32
Low council tax24

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

7°CClear

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:29

9h 30m 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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

76 reported · August 2026▼ 32% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences32
  • Anti-social behaviour22
  • Criminal damage & arson10
  • Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: March · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below priorities for your local neighbourhood policing team in the…
  • Tackling vehicle-related anti-social behaviour (ASB) and traffic offences. Addressing persistent vehicle-related ASB and criminality in a…

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

Road safety

129 reported road collisions (2025)

41 killed or seriously injured · 185 casualties · 12.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

81 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 75 rated 4–5 ★ (73 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Whittlesea (1.2 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Whittlesea (1.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£224,770 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Fenland · to 2026-08

Detached£308,805
Semi-detached£205,246
Terraced£162,442
Flat£91,971

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£842 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £627
  • 2 bed £807
  • 3 bed £979

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

7.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.4 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,413 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (5.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (7.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: 4001342 (5.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches15
  • Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

102,459 residents in Fenland · 188/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,353
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,468
  • Net moves+885

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 42 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,538 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (36% of 48,110)

A £1,692
B £1,974
C £2,256
D £2,538
E £3,102
F £3,666
G £4,230
H £5,075

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

Schools

47 schools · 13,993 pupils

31 primary · 4 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 23 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

38 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Thomas Clarkson AcademyGood
  • Neale-Wade AcademyRequires improvement
  • Sir Harry Smith Community College
  • The Wisbech Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Fenland

Care & health services

595 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes139
  • GP practices108
  • Dentists128
  • Homecare agencies139
  • Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

158 applications decided

87.3% granted · 138 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Steve Barclay

Conservative

North East Cambridgeshire

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Con 35
  • LD 2
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens13
  • Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

28 jobs advertised · £31,144 avg

e.g. Maternity cover - Salaried GP, Primary Supply Teacher, Experienced Cleaner Required – Peterborough

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£688 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,333 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,212 certificates

10.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 57% · Nuclear 20% · Gas 14% · Biomass 8%

66 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Cambridgeshire): 61.5 women · 62.3 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in PE7

  • Yaxley Group Practice
  • New Queen Street Surgery
  • Hampton Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Cambridgeshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Whittlesey · 0.0 km

    Whittlesey is an historic market town and civil parish in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. Whittlesey is 6 miles (10 km) east of Peterborough. In 2021 the built-up area had a population of 13,823. The…

  • Whittlesey Rural District · 0.1 km

    Whittlesey was a rural district in the Isle of Ely from 1894 to 1926. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Whittlesey rural sanitary district, and consisted of one civil parish – Whittlesey Rural.

  • Whittlesey Museum · 0.2 km

    The Whittlesey Museum is a local history museum in Market Street, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England. It is based on the ground floor of Whittlesey Town Hall, which is a Grade II listed building.

  • Sir Harry Smith Community College · 0.8 km

    Sir Harry Smith Community College is a secondary school in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. Opened in 1953 on the former site of the Whittlesey Workhouse, the College is named after 19th Century English Army General Sir Ha…

  • Whittlesea railway station · 1.3 km

    Whittlesea Railway Station is situated in the market town of Whittlesey, in Cambridgeshire, and is located on the Hereward Line, which runs between Ely and Peterborough. It was opened on 2 June 1845 by the Eastern Cou…

  • Lattersey Field · 1.5 km

    Lattersey Field is an 11.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Whittlesey in Cambridgeshire. It is owned by Fenland District Council and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Whittlesey?
Whittlesey is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Fenland local authority.
What is the population of Whittlesey?
Whittlesey has an approximate settlement population of 12,745.
How deprived is Whittlesey?
The Fenland local authority, which includes Whittlesey, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.