PE12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Holbeach, in South Holland.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PE12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PE12, 64.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PE12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE12 at a rate of 74.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across PE.
In August 2026 alone, 277 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,226), anti-social behaviour (737) and other crime (515).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE12 was 66.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in PE12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE12 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PE12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Holland 002A | 2,312 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 32.7% |
| South Holland 002B | 2,292 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 15.5% |
| South Holland 002C | 2,163 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.6% |
| South Holland 003A | 2,178 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.6% |
| South Holland 003B | 1,816 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.5% |
| South Holland 003C | 1,773 | 157.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.0% |
| South Holland 003D | 1,975 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.6% |
| South Holland 004A | 1,357 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 60.1% |
| South Holland 004B | 1,859 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 67.4% |
| South Holland 004C | 1,757 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.1% |
| South Holland 004D | 1,421 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.7% |
| South Holland 004E | 1,244 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 51.9% |
| South Holland 008B | 1,995 | 116.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.1% |
| South Holland 008C | 1,648 | 85.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.7% |
| South Holland 008D | 1,709 | 160.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.4% |
| South Holland 008E | 1,456 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 66.9% |
| South Holland 008F | 1,367 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
| South Holland 010A | 2,456 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 58.1% |
| South Holland 010B | 2,009 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 33.3% |
| South Holland 010C | 2,700 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 18.7% |
| South Holland 011C | 2,322 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 39.7% |
MPs for PE12
- Sir John HayesConservativeMP for South Holland and The Deepings100% of PE12’s postcodes
- Steve BarclayConservativeMP for North East Cambridgeshire0.2% of PE12’s postcodes
- Richard TiceReform UKMP for Boston and Skegness0.2% of PE12’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in PE125
Postcode sectors in PE126
Council1
Towns in PE121
Postcode districts next to PE126
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PE12 in brief
PE12 is a postcode district covering Holbeach, in South Holland.
About 43,886 people lived in PE12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 782 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE12 was £245,000 in 2025.
PE12 had 42,122 usual residents at the census.
In PE12, 64.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PE12, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.