PE17 1XR

March West & Benwick · Fenland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: March West & Benwick
Local authority: Fenland
Constituency: North East Cambridgeshire
Postcode district: PE17
Postcode sector: PE17 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
PE26 2XR	501 m
PE26 2XT	881 m
PE26 2XS	1.3 km
PE15 0XD	1.6 km
PE15 0HT	1.7 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: PE17 1XR
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 2000
Postcode area: PE
Postcode district: PE17
Postcode sector: PE17 1
Latitude: 52.476475
Longitude: -0.020927
British National Grid easting: 534,510
British National Grid northing: 288,344

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: Fenland · E07000010
Electoral ward: March West & Benwick · E05015429
Parish or community: E04001655
Westminster constituency: North East Cambridgeshire · E14001390
Output area: E00091103
Lower layer super output area: Fenland 008C · E01018060
Middle layer super output area: Fenland 008 · E02003749

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore PE17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Benwick Primary School

Community school
1.8 km
Kingsfield Primary School

Academy sponsor led
4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 7
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Anti social behaviour 3
Violence and sexual offences 3
Other theft 1

Nearby transport

Whittlesea Rail Station

RLY · Whittlesey
6.5 miles
March Rail Station

RLY · March
7.5 miles
Manea Rail Station

RLY · Manea
8.5 miles
Lutton Gate Road

BCT · Throckenholt
13.0 miles
Lutton Gate Road

BCT · Throckenholt
13.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Fenland 008C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,888 of 33,755

Income: 6 of 10
Employment: 6 of 10
Education and skills: 4 of 10
Health and disability: 5 of 10
Crime: 6 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Benwick Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.