Usage patterns
〈場所〉の周辺the area around 〈場所〉
There are lots of shops around the station.
周辺機器を接続するto connect peripheral devices
I connected the peripheral devices to my new computer.
〈場所〉を周辺around 〈場所〉 (used as a suffix, e.g. 三時周辺 'around 3 o'clock')
The meeting is scheduled to start around 3 o'clock.
〈事〉の周辺を調べるto look into the circumstances surrounding 〈事〉
We decided to look closely into the circumstances surrounding the incident.