North Bretton & Westwood

Peterborough · East of England · population 8,181 · 5 LSOAs

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

9Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,250 of 6,856 in England
  • #727 of 746 in East of England
  • #19 of 22 in Peterborough
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,244
Median age (est.)34
Density3,962per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above19%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 12%25–44 31%45–64 22%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 39%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 20%Other: 17%
One person 27%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 20%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 25% · Process & plant 14% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary25%
Process & plant14%
Caring & leisure12%
Sales & customer service11%
Professional9%
Skilled trades9%
Associate professional7%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 75%Asian: 11%Black: 6%Mixed: 4%Other: 4%
White 75%Asian 11%Black 6%Mixed 4%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 36% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 35%

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

North Bretton & Westwood is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,250 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 22 in Peterborough. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (92) but weak on Education (2). Typical homes here sold for about £185,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 42 sales), 23% below the wider Peterborough median of £240,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,177 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 136 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 6 · #6,421
Employment 9 · #6,229
Education 2 · #6,695
Health 19 · #5,544
Crime 14 · #5,914
Housing & access 29 · #4,893
Living environment 92 · #533

House prices ?

£185,000median (12m) · +5.7% yr · n=42
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£185,00042+5.7%+23.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£210,0007+18.6%+24.3%
Terraced£182,00032+2.8%+25.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£185,000
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)£36,177±£5,245 · #4,648 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,836
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

136 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,111 offences
Peterborough108
East of England70
England83

Rank #5,741 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences637
Theft97
Burglary33
Vehicle crime61
Criminal damage & arson112
Public order & weapons91
Drugs39
Robbery7
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 140 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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