PE5 postcode district: Peterborough and around

PE5 is a postcode district in England, with 52 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Peterborough. Its council is Peterborough.

Postcodes in use: 52
Sectors: 1
Council: Peterborough
Places: Peterborough

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in PE5, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 2
In use before 2020: 50

Of the 52 postcodes in PE5 that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 50 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.5750, longitude -0.3505. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 2 newest postcodes

PE5 7DNOctober 2023 PE5 7DDMarch 2023

What broadband can you get in PE5?

Ofcom reports on 51 of the 52 postcodes in PE5. At 48 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit48 of 51

Postcodes where every home can get superfast51 of 51

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is PE5 at risk of flooding?

4 of the 52 postcodes in PE5 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 9 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 52 postcodes High: 8Medium: 1Low: 4

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in PE5?

Homes in PE5 sold for a typical £523,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 16 sales, up 13.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£523,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£460,000 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 13.9% on the 12 months before

Detached £635,000 12 sales
Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it