Newborough & Peakirk

Peterborough · East of England · population 8,410 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

63Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,528 of 6,856 in England
  • #343 of 746 in East of England
  • #5 of 22 in Peterborough
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,332
Median age (est.)46
Density201per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above25%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 6%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative12%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 38% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 10%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Newborough & Peakirk is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,528 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 22 in Peterborough. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (86) but weak on Housing & access (17). Typical homes here sold for about £260,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 107 sales), 8% above the wider Peterborough median of £240,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,577 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 49 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 65 · #2,418
Employment 63 · #2,548
Education 47 · #3,652
Health 65 · #2,411
Crime 80 · #1,355
Housing & access 17 · #5,667
Living environment 86 · #971

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · +3.2% yr · n=107
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,000107+3.2%+11.6%
Detached£293,25052-3.2%+8.6%
Semi-detached£232,00040+5.5%+20.8%
Terraced£192,00014+12.9%+7.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£260,000
Peterborough£240,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£41,577±£5,839 · #2,977 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,949
Price-to-income ?6.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

87Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 410 offences
Peterborough108
East of England70
England83

Rank #2,014 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences246
Theft35
Burglary17
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons19
Drugs11
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 101 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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