PE17 1XT

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 2XT	0 m
PE15 0XD	973 m
PE15 0HT	1.0 km
PE26 2XR	1.1 km
PE15 0XE	1.1 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: PE17 1XT
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 2000
Postcode area: PE
Postcode district: PE17
Postcode sector: PE17 1
Latitude: 52.482557
Longitude: -0.029226
British National Grid easting: 533,928
British National Grid northing: 289,005

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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Benwick Primary School

Community school
1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 43
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 21
Anti social behaviour 8
Criminal damage and arson 6
Other crime 4
Other theft 2

Nearby transport

Whittlesea Rail Station

RLY · Whittlesey
6.0 miles
March Rail Station

RLY · March
7.4 miles
Grafham Close

BCT · Stanground
9.0 miles
Lutton Gate Road

BCT · Throckenholt
12.6 miles
Lutton Gate Road

BCT · Throckenholt
12.6 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Benwick Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

43 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 21 events.

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