// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Peterborough?
Peterborough, United Kingdom, scores 63.6% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #78 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
63.6%
Rank
#78 / 386
Criteria present
45 / 86
Evidence coverage
74.4%
Peterborough's smart city score by area
11 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
5 present · 1 partial · 1 absent · 5 not assessed
6 present · 5 partial · 1 absent · 1 not assessed
5 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 3 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
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility
- ▸Water & Sanitation
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid
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-suppliersDigital Government Services · Unified online services portal
Peterborough City Council provides a website that serves as a central point for various municipal services, including paying invoices, reporting issues, and managing council tax accounts online.
https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/About this assessment
Peterborough was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-10 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.