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PE14

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Outwell and Elm, in King's Lynn and West Norfolk and Fenland.

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 PE14 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In PE14, 67.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£275,000
940th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
22,739
1,297th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
67.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How PE14 compares

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

PE14Middle
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. PE14 is £275,000.
£275,00013th 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. PE14 is 22,739.
22,73917th least populated
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%. PE14 is 67.9%.
67.9%8th lowest
Claimant rate35 postcode districts, PE · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in PE35 areas from 1.5% to 8.1%. The middle area is 3.0%. PE14 is 3.2%.
3.2%joint 13th highest

Is PE14 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE14 at a rate of 80.1 per 1,000 people.

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

In August 2026 alone, 173 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE14.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (790), other crime (444) and anti-social behaviour (200).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE14 was 86.6 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 PE14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE14 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in PE14

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Fenland 004A1,49472.2 per 1,000398.5%
Fenland 004B1,85862.3 per 1,000589.5%
Fenland 004C1,571146.7 per 1,000241.2%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 013A1,43243.3 per 1,000356.0%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 013C2,50649.8 per 1,000329.6%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 013D1,39639.8 per 1,000461.4%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 013E1,48179.2 per 1,000266.1%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 016A1,69985.9 per 1,000275.4%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 016B1,77868.5 per 1,000588.7%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 016C1,67887.2 per 1,000480.4%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 016D1,60335.7 per 1,000475.4%
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 016E1,97638.1 per 1,000246.1%

MPs for PE14

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 PE142

Postcode sectors in PE145

Councils PE14 covers2

Postcode districts next to PE147

More in the PE postcode area2

PE14 in brief

PE14 is a postcode district covering Outwell and Elm, in King's Lynn and West Norfolk and Fenland.

About 23,247 people lived in PE14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 344 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 80.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in PE14 was £275,000 in 2025.

PE14 had 22,739 usual residents at the census.

In PE14, 67.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In PE14, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.