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PE6

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Market Deeping and Crowland, in Peterborough, South Kesteven and South Holland.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PE6 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 4% of people in PE6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£280,000
Joint 990th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
39,303
484th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
4%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
87.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How PE6 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

PE6Middle
Median sale price35 postcode districts, PE · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in PE35 areas from £182,250 to £475,000. The middle area is £265,000. PE6 is £280,000.
£280,000joint 11th most expensive
Population35 postcode districts, PE · 2021
Population: every postcode district in PE35 areas from 1,650 to 56,726. The middle area is 23,055. PE6 is 39,303.
39,30310th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares35 postcode districts, PE · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in PE35 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 4.0%. PE6 is 4.0%.
4%joint 17th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage35 postcode districts, PE · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in PE35 areas from 27.4% to 98.5%. The middle area is 85.8%. PE6 is 87.0%.
87.0%17th highest

Is PE6 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE6 at a rate of 60.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across the PE postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 245 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE6.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (986), anti-social behaviour (516) and other crime (392).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE6 was 50.3 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in PE6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE6 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in PE6

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Peterborough 001A1,74566.1 per 1,000897.2%
Peterborough 001B1,59128.4 per 1,000980.9%
Peterborough 001C1,11161.5 per 1,000873.7%
Peterborough 003A2,013158.8 per 1,000487.4%
Peterborough 003B1,46730.6 per 1,000797.4%
Peterborough 004A1,99938.6 per 1,000895.4%
Peterborough 005A1,44679.4 per 1,000582.5%
Peterborough 005B1,32858.4 per 1,000472.3%
Peterborough 005C2,23085.8 per 1,000398.5%
Peterborough 005D2,17648.6 per 1,000894.7%
South Holland 011A2,096117.4 per 1,000588.5%
South Holland 011B2,75956.4 per 1,000598.7%
South Kesteven 012C1,72124.4 per 1,0001093.3%
South Kesteven 012E1,86522.7 per 1,000993.0%
South Kesteven 013A1,53725.7 per 1,0001080.1%
South Kesteven 013B1,54364.7 per 1,000889.6%
South Kesteven 013C1,75280.4 per 1,000470.8%
South Kesteven 013D2,27270.1 per 1,000893.2%
South Kesteven 014A1,25936.5 per 1,0001012.8%
South Kesteven 014B1,48554.1 per 1,000984.1%
South Kesteven 014C1,30925.7 per 1,000993.2%
South Kesteven 014D1,93053.5 per 1,000692.6%
South Kesteven 014E1,27244.4 per 1,000982.8%

MPs for PE6

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in PE66

Postcode sectors in PE64

Councils PE6 covers3

Postcode districts next to PE611

More in the PE postcode area2

PE6 in brief

PE6 is a postcode district covering Market Deeping and Crowland, in Peterborough, South Kesteven and South Holland.

About 40,658 people lived in PE6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 615 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in PE6 was £280,000 in 2025.

PE6 had 39,303 usual residents at the census.

About 4% of people in PE6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In PE6, 87.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.