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PE15

Postcode district

Postcode district covering March and Norwoodside, in 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 PE15 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 PE15, 85.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£241,250
689th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
31,649
830th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
85.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How PE15 compares

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

PE15Middle
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. PE15 is £241,250.
£241,25014th cheapest
Population35 postcode districts, PE · 2021
Population: every postcode district in PE35 areas from 1,650 to 56,726. The middle area is 23,055. PE15 is 31,649.
31,64915th most 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%. PE15 is 85.6%.
85.6%17th 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%. PE15 is 3.2%.
3.2%joint 13th highest

Is PE15 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE15 at a rate of 82.6 per 1,000 people.

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

In August 2026 alone, 276 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE15.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,156), anti-social behaviour (490) and other crime (480).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE15 was 87.6 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 PE15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE15 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in PE15

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Fenland 005A1,984185.9 per 1,000484.5%
Fenland 005B1,94797.6 per 1,000597.0%
Fenland 005C1,866106.5 per 1,000490.8%
Fenland 005D2,01861.7 per 1,000594.2%
Fenland 007A1,880156.6 per 1,000383.9%
Fenland 007B1,75072.9 per 1,000185.2%
Fenland 007C1,67949.4 per 1,000497.8%
Fenland 007D2,35044.2 per 1,000594.8%
Fenland 008C1,90449.7 per 1,000486.6%
Fenland 009A1,61839.7 per 1,000798.2%
Fenland 009B2,10289.3 per 1,000386.4%
Fenland 009C2,239147.4 per 1,000492.9%
Fenland 009D1,52957.6 per 1,000696.9%
Fenland 010A2,53364.2 per 1,000686.6%
Fenland 010B2,63941.7 per 1,000419.4%
Fenland 010C2,37247.0 per 1,000590.9%

MPs for PE15

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 PE154

Postcode sectors in PE154

Council1

Towns in PE151

Postcode districts next to PE156

Nearest rail stations1

More in the PE postcode area2

PE15 in brief

PE15 is a postcode district covering March and Norwoodside, in Fenland.

About 32,084 people lived in PE15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £241,250 in 2025 across 502 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in PE15 was £241,250 in 2025.

PE15 had 31,649 usual residents at the census.

In PE15, 85.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In PE15, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.