PE8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Oundle and Wittering, in North Northamptonshire and Peterborough.
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 PE8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PE8, 81.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PE8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE8 at a rate of 49.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across PE.
In August 2026 alone, 100 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (271), anti-social behaviour (222) and other crime (134).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE8 was 43.8 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 PE8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE8 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PE8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdonshire 002B | 1,157 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.9% |
| North Northamptonshire 001B | 2,405 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.8% |
| North Northamptonshire 001C | 2,147 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.1% |
| North Northamptonshire 010A | 2,142 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.9% |
| North Northamptonshire 010B | 2,188 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| North Northamptonshire 010C | 1,622 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| North Northamptonshire 010D | 1,327 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.6% |
| North Northamptonshire 010E | 2,256 | 50.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.9% |
| North Northamptonshire 010F | 1,048 | 116.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.5% |
| Peterborough 004C | 1,352 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 3.1% |
| Peterborough 004D | 2,010 | 66.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 46.1% |
MPs for PE8
- Lee BarronLabourMP for Corby and East Northamptonshire74% of PE8’s postcodes
- Sam CarlingLabourMP for North West Cambridgeshire25% of PE8’s postcodes
- Andrew PakesLabour (Co-op)MP for Peterborough0.8% of PE8’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 PE83
Postcode sectors in PE84
Councils PE8 covers2
Postcode districts next to PE86
More in the PE postcode area2
PE8 in brief
PE8 is a postcode district covering Oundle and Wittering, in North Northamptonshire and Peterborough.
About 18,807 people lived in PE8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £372,500 in 2025 across 306 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE8 was £372,500 in 2025.
PE8 had 18,427 usual residents at the census.
In PE8, 81.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PE8, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.