// 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

Data, Digital & Smart Foundation89%

11 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed

Mobility & Transport79%

5 present · 1 partial · 1 absent · 5 not assessed

Environment, Energy & Climate71%

6 present · 5 partial · 1 absent · 1 not assessed

Infrastructure, Water & Waste75%

5 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed

Health, Education, Safety & Inclusion79%

9 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 1 not assessed

Economy, Innovation & Employment75%

6 present · 0 partial · 2 absent

Governance, Resilience & Operating Model65%

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-council

Open 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-assets

Open 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-suppliers

Digital 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.