PE2 5LH House Prices & Local Information

PE2 5LH is an up-and-coming urban area located 0.7km from Orton Goldhay in Peterborough. Administratively it sits within Orton Waterville ward and the North West Cambridgeshire constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, PE2 5LH is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. During the day, non-white workforce in manufacturing and transport. A balanced community with an average age of 41 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 72% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 23% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 118 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for PE2 5LH are sourced from Output Area E00079131 (shared with 29 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.