# PE6

Postcode district covering Market Deeping and Crowland, in Peterborough, South Kesteven and South Holland.

PE6 is a postcode district covering Market Deeping and Crowland, in Peterborough, South Kesteven and South Holland. Median sale price £280,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code PE6. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [PE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe)

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 PE6 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £280,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PE6 was £280,000 in 2025. Joint 990th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 39,303** (2021). PE6 had 39,303 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 484th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 4%** (2022). About 4% of people in PE6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.0%** (January 2026). In PE6, 87.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=PE6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 4% of people in PE6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=PE6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 615 homes were sold in PE6 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=PE6) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for PE6.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=PE6) (Census 2021, England and Wales): PE6 had 39,303 usual residents at the census.

## How PE6 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | PE6 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £280,000 | joint 11th most expensive | 35 postcode districts, PE · 2025 |
| Population | 39,303 | 10th most populated | 35 postcode districts, PE · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 4% | joint 17th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 35 postcode districts, PE · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 87.0% | 17th highest | 35 postcode districts, PE · Jan 2026 |

## Is PE6 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE6 at a rate of 60.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across the PE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 245 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (986), anti-social behaviour (516) and other crime (392).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE6 was 50.3 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 PE6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE6 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in PE6

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Peterborough 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/neighbourhood/e01015629) | 1,745 | 66.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% |
| [Peterborough 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/neighbourhood/e01015635) | 1,591 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.9% |
| [Peterborough 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/neighbourhood/e01015636) | 1,111 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.7% |
| [Peterborough 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/neighbourhood/e01015630) | 2,013 | 158.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.4% |
| [Peterborough 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/neighbourhood/e01015631) | 1,467 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| [Peterborough 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/neighbourhood/e01015589) | 1,999 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.4% |
| [Peterborough 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/neighbourhood/e01015617) | 1,446 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.5% |
| [Peterborough 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/neighbourhood/e01015618) | 1,328 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 72.3% |
| [Peterborough 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/neighbourhood/e01015619) | 2,230 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| [Peterborough 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/neighbourhood/e01015620) | 2,176 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.7% |
| [South Holland 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026239) | 2,096 | 117.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.5% |
| [South Holland 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026240) | 2,759 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| [South Kesteven 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026362) | 1,721 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.3% |
| [South Kesteven 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026364) | 1,865 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% |
| [South Kesteven 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026334) | 1,537 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.1% |
| [South Kesteven 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026335) | 1,543 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.6% |
| [South Kesteven 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026336) | 1,752 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 70.8% |
| [South Kesteven 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026337) | 2,272 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.2% |
| [South Kesteven 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026303) | 1,259 | 36.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 12.8% |
| [South Kesteven 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026304) | 1,485 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.1% |
| [South Kesteven 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026305) | 1,309 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% |
| [South Kesteven 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026306) | 1,930 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.6% |
| [South Kesteven 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026307) | 1,272 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.8% |

## Your MP

- [South Holland and The Deepings](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-holland-and-the-deepings): Sir John Hayes (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 47% of the people here.
- [Peterborough](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/peterborough): Andrew Pakes (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 26% of the people here.
- [North West Cambridgeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-west-cambridgeshire): Sam Carling (Labour), MP since July 2024. 18% of the people here.
- [Rutland and Stamford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rutland-and-stamford): Alicia Kearns (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 8.8% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in PE6

[Crowland & Cowbit](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/crowland-and-cowbit), [Deeping St James & Frognall](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/deeping-st-james-and-frognall), [Eye & Thorney](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/eye-and-thorney), [Glinton, Northborough & Maxey](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough/glinton-northborough-and-maxey), [Langtoft, Thurlby & Uffington](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/langtoft-thurlby-and-uffington), [Market Deeping](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/market-deeping)

## Postcode sectors in PE6

[PE6 0 (277 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6-0), [PE6 7 (286 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6-7), [PE6 8 (308 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6-8), [PE6 9 (171 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6-9)

## Councils PE6 covers

[Peterborough](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough), [South Kesteven](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven), [South Holland](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland)

## Postcode districts next to PE6

[PE1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe1), [PE2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe2), [PE3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe3), [PE4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe4), [PE5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe5), [PE7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe7), [PE9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe9), [PE10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe10), [PE11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe11), [PE12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12), [PE13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe13)

## More in the PE postcode area

[All PE postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## PE6 in brief

PE6 is a postcode district covering Market Deeping and Crowland, in Peterborough, South Kesteven and South Holland.
About 40,658 people lived in PE6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 615 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE6 was £280,000 in 2025.
PE6 had 39,303 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in PE6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PE6, 87.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: PE6
- Postcode area: [PE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe)
- Constituency: [South Holland and The Deepings †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-holland-and-the-deepings)
- Council: [Peterborough †](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough)
- Area: 282 km²
- People, mid-2024: 40,658*
- Neighbourhoods: 23
- Output areas: 119

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[PE11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe11), [PE12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12), [PE9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe9), [PE4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe4), [PE13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe13), [PE1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe1)

## Latest updates for PE6

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/PE6

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6