Peterborough property guide

A fast-growing cathedral city on the East Coast Main Line.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Peterborough, City Of Peterborough. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of May 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach London King's Cross in about 50 minutes.

Median sale price (12m)

£238,000

Sales registered (12m)

1,827

Open schools

76

About Peterborough

Peterborough pairs its Norman cathedral and Victorian terraces with township-scale 1970s and 1980s development at Bretton, Orton and Werrington.

Distribution, financial services and public-sector employers use the city's rail and A1 links, and new estates at Hampton keep adding supply.

House prices in Peterborough

The median sale price in Peterborough over the last 12 months was £238,000, across 1,827 recorded transactions. That is 4.8% lower than the previous 12 months.

Detached homes were the most-traded type in Peterborough, accounting for 606 of the period's sales at a median of £335,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£335,000	606
Semi-detached	£238,500	563
Terraced	£185,000	502
Flat	£125,000	131
Other	£300,000	25

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Schools in Peterborough

Peterborough has 76 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 51 primary, 11 secondary and 17 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Peterborough centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Jack Hunt Academy	PE3 9PY	0.7 km
Greater Peterborough UTC	PE1 4DZ	2.4 km
St John Fisher Catholic High School	PE1 5JN	3 km
City of Peterborough Academy	PE1 5LQ	3.1 km
Queen Katharine Academy	PE4 6HX	3.1 km

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Crime in Peterborough

In Peterborough, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (31.4%), anti-social behaviour (18.4%) and criminal damage and arson (9.5%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	31.4%
Anti-social behaviour	18.4%
Criminal damage and arson	9.5%
Other theft	6.8%
Public order	6.7%

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Postcode districts in Peterborough

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Peterborough boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
PE1	17,646
PE2	17,646
PE3	17,646
PE4	17,646
PE5	17,646

Frequently asked questions about Peterborough

The median sale price in Peterborough over the last 12 months was £238,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 76 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Peterborough area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Peterborough over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 17,646 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

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Peterborough sold prices

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Crime in Peterborough

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Schools in Peterborough

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