// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Peterborough?
Peterborough, United Kingdom, scores 66% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #118 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
66%
Rank
#118 / 388
Criteria present
46 / 86
Evidence coverage
77.9%
Peterborough's smart city score by area
11 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
6 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
6 present · 5 partial · 1 absent · 1 not assessed
5 present · 3 partial · 2 absent · 1 not assessed
9 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 1 not assessed
6 present · 0 partial · 2 absent
3 present · 7 partial · 0 absent · 4 not assessed
Where Peterborough is strong
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
Where the gaps are
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- ▸Water & Sanitation
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
Peterborough City Council is a publishing partner on the "Cambridgeshire Insight Open Data" portal, which is explicitly identified as an "Open Data Portal" and hosts datasets released by Peterborough City Council.
https://data.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/organisation/peterborough-city-councilOpen Data & Transparency · Clear open licensing
A dataset titled "Peterborough Land and Property Assets" released by Peterborough City Council on the Cambridgeshire Insight Open Data portal explicitly states its license as "UK Open Government Licence (OGL)".
https://data.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/dataset/peterborough-land-and-property-assetsOpen Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
The Cambridgeshire Insight Open Data portal, where Peterborough City Council publishes data, lists "Traffic and Transport", "Economy", "Environment", and "Transparency" as available topics. Specific high-value datasets include "peterborough-payments-over-50…
https://data.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/dataset/peterborough-payments-over-500-to-suppliersConnectivity & ICT Infrastructure · Fibre / high-speed broadband coverage
Most homes and businesses in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough can now access superfast broadband or faster, with plans for full fibre broadband in postcode areas.
https://www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk/Funding Peterborough can bid for
119 open calls — grants, tenders and innovation competitions Peterborough is eligible for, including UK-wide schemes any place can apply to. Every entry links to its source.
- NationalgrantCloses 15 Sept 2026Help The Homeless Grant Scheme
Help the Homeless
up to £5kApply → - NationalcompetitionCloses 16 Sept 2026Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT
Innovate UK
up to £14.3m24 month projectEnds 30 Nov 2028 - NationalgrantCloses 16 Sept 2026Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Energy Efficiency
Innovate UK, Department for Transport (DfT)
- NationalgrantCloses 16 Sept 2026Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Electric Power
Innovate UK, Department for Transport
- Nationalinnovation-callCloses 16 Sept 2026Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure Two (ZEVI 2): Alternative Fuels
Innovate UK, Department for Transport
- Nationalinnovation-callCloses 16 Sept 2026Quantum computing applications for large scale impact: CR&D
Innovate UK
up to £13m - NationalgrantCloses 16 Sept 2026Healthy Heart Grants 2026
Heart Research UK
- NationalgrantCloses 17 Sept 2026Researcher Challenges Grants 2026
British Council
- NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Coastal Communities Fund Grant Scheme 2026
Moray Council
£10k–£50kApply → - NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant
Environment Agency
- NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Second Year Of Moray Coastal Community Fund Opens For Bids
Moray Council
£10k–£50kApply → - NationalgrantCloses 18 Sept 2026Moray Council’s Coastal Community Fund
Moray Council
£10k–£50k
Showing 12 of 119 — see them all in the explorer.
About this assessment
Peterborough was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-09-03 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.