PE16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chatteris, 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 PE16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PE16, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PE16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE16 at a rate of 75.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across PE.
In August 2026 alone, 68 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (326), anti-social behaviour (227) and other crime (109).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE16 was 68.2 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 PE16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE16 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PE16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenland 011A | 2,645 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.7% |
| Fenland 011C | 1,194 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| Fenland 011D | 1,591 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Fenland 011E | 2,702 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.3% |
| Fenland 011F | 1,743 | 136.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.3% |
| Fenland 011G | 1,312 | 106.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.9% |
MPs for PE16
- Steve BarclayConservativeMP for North East Cambridgeshire99% of PE16’s postcodes
- Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMP for Huntingdon1.0% of PE16’s postcodes
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 PE161
Postcode sectors in PE162
Council1
Towns in PE161
Postcode districts next to PE163
More in the PE postcode area2
PE16 in brief
PE16 is a postcode district covering Chatteris, in Fenland.
About 11,165 people lived in PE16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £236,000 in 2025 across 210 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 75.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE16 was £236,000 in 2025.
PE16 had 11,193 usual residents at the census.
In PE16, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PE16, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.