PE26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ramsey and Bury, in Huntingdonshire.
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 PE26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PE26, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PE26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE26 at a rate of 71.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across PE.
In August 2026 alone, 69 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (403), other crime (165) and anti-social behaviour (155).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE26 was 77.6 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 PE26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE26 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PE26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdonshire 003A | 1,605 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.8% |
| Huntingdonshire 003B | 2,119 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.5% |
| Huntingdonshire 003C | 1,634 | 122.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.5% |
| Huntingdonshire 003D | 1,612 | 100.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| Huntingdonshire 003E | 1,627 | 75.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Huntingdonshire 005D | 1,943 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Huntingdonshire 006F | 1,558 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.6% |
MPs for PE26
- Sam CarlingLabourMP for North West Cambridgeshire88% of PE26’s postcodes
- Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMP for Huntingdon10% of PE26’s postcodes
- Steve BarclayConservativeMP for North East Cambridgeshire2.4% of PE26’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 PE261
Postcode sectors in PE262
Council1
Postcode districts next to PE263
More in the PE postcode area2
PE26 in brief
PE26 is a postcode district covering Ramsey and Bury, in Huntingdonshire.
About 12,751 people lived in PE26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £265,000 in 2025 across 220 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE26 was £265,000 in 2025.
PE26 had 11,723 usual residents at the census.
In PE26, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PE26, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.