PE17 3NJ

Holywell-cum-Needingworth · Huntingdonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Holywell-cum-Needingworth
Local authority: Huntingdonshire
Constituency: Huntingdon
Postcode district: PE17
Postcode sector: PE17 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
PE28 3NJ	2 m
PE28 3PH	133 m
PE28 3NW	200 m
PE28 3PJ	234 m
PE28 3NN	253 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: PE17 3NJ
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 2000
Postcode area: PE
Postcode district: PE17
Postcode sector: PE17 3
Latitude: 52.366413
Longitude: 0.019791
British National Grid easting: 537,617
British National Grid northing: 276,180

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: Huntingdonshire · E07000011
Electoral ward: Holywell-cum-Needingworth · E05011264
Parish or community: E04001687
Westminster constituency: Huntingdon · E14001298
Output area: E00091792
Lower layer super output area: Huntingdonshire 006D · E01018199
Middle layer super output area: Huntingdonshire 006 · E02003758

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: 4
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

St Helen's Primary School

Foundation school
1.1 km
Earith Primary School

Academy sponsor led
1.5 km
Whitehall School

Other independent school
2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 98
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 43
Anti social behaviour 19
Criminal damage and arson 10
Vehicle crime 8
Burglary 7

Nearby transport

Huntingdon Rail Station

RLY · Huntingdon
9.3 miles
Waterbeach Rail Station

RLY · Waterbeach
10.4 miles
Ely Rail Station

RLY · Ely
10.6 miles
Manea Rail Station

RLY · Manea
11.3 miles
Cambridge North Rail Station

RLY · Chesterton
11.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Huntingdonshire 006D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,565 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 5 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 2 of 10
Living environment: 8 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Helen's 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

98 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 43 events.

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