PE27
Postcode districtPostcode district covering St Ives, 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 PE27 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PE27, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PE27 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE27 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE27 at a rate of 63.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across PE.
In August 2026 alone, 118 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE27.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (459), anti-social behaviour (241) and other crime (224).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE27 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 PE27, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE27 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 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 PE27
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdonshire 007A | 1,282 | 94.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.2% |
| Huntingdonshire 007B | 1,069 | No figure | 8 | 99.6% |
| Huntingdonshire 011A | 1,361 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Huntingdonshire 011B | 1,448 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.0% |
| Huntingdonshire 011C | 1,335 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.4% |
| Huntingdonshire 011D | 1,253 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| Huntingdonshire 011E | 1,238 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.2% |
| Huntingdonshire 011F | 1,343 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.2% |
| Huntingdonshire 011G | 1,622 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| Huntingdonshire 013A | 1,503 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.2% |
| Huntingdonshire 013B | 1,439 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Huntingdonshire 013C | 2,029 | 174.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.3% |
| Huntingdonshire 013D | 2,248 | 71.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Huntingdonshire 016D | 1,853 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.1% |
Your MP
- Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMP for Huntingdon
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 PE273
Postcode sectors in PE275
Council1
Towns in PE271
Postcode districts next to PE272
More in the PE postcode area2
PE27 in brief
PE27 is a postcode district covering St Ives, in Huntingdonshire.
About 21,311 people lived in PE27 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 309 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 63.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE27 was £320,000 in 2025.
PE27 had 20,463 usual residents at the census.
In PE27, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PE27, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.