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Wothorpe

Wothorpe is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 1. There are around 3 GPs & clinics, 2 pharmacies, 32 restaurants and cafés, 8 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Stamford, 0.6 km away. There were around 52 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 Wothorpe 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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:30

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US 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

77 reported · August 2026▲ 26% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour30
  • Violence & sexual offences27
  • Shoplifting5
  • Criminal damage & arson4

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

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

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

179 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 156 rated 4–5 ★ (132 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stamford (0.6 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stamford (0.6 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 (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (11.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: North Street (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches18
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

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
  • 474 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

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

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens16
  • Restaurants & cafés47

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,655 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £20,570 avg

e.g. Teaching Assistant, Morning Delivery Driver

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

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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in PE9

  • Lakeside Healthcare Stamford
  • Stamford Ooh

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Cambridgeshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Burghley Park Cricket Club · 0.5 km

    Burghley Park Cricket Club is set in the park of Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire. Its pavilion dates from 1892.

  • Wothorpe · 0.6 km

    Wothorpe is a village and civil parish in the Peterborough unitary authority of Cambridgeshire, England. It is in the far north-west of the district, and to the south of Stamford. The parish borders Northamptonshire t…

  • Stamford railway station · 0.6 km

    Stamford railway station serves the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, England, and is located in St Martin's. The station is 12.5 miles (20 km) west of Peterborough. It was opened by the Syston and Peterborough Railwa…

  • St Martin's Church, Stamford · 0.7 km

    St Martin's Church, Stamford, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England located in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. The area of the town south of the River Welland was in Northamptonshire until 1889 a…

  • Stamford Baron St Martin · 0.7 km

    Stamford Baron St Martin is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Stamford, in the South Kesteven district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It included the southern part of Stamford, south of the River W…

  • George Hotel, Stamford · 0.8 km

    The George Hotel is a hotel and former coaching inn on the route of the Great North Road in St Martin's, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. The hotel itself and numbers 68 and 69 St Martin's, which has been incorporated…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Wothorpe?
Wothorpe is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the Peterborough local authority.
How deprived is Wothorpe?
The Peterborough local authority, which includes Wothorpe, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.