# PE12

Postcode district covering Holbeach, in South Holland.

PE12 is a postcode district covering Holbeach, in South Holland. Median sale price £245,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 74.4 per 1,000 people. About 43,886 people.

Postcode district. Code PE12. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [PE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £245,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PE12 was £245,000 in 2025. Joint 705th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 42,122** (2021). PE12 had 42,122 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 385th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in PE12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 64.8%** (January 2026). In PE12, 64.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=PE12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in PE12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=PE12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 782 homes were sold in PE12 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=PE12) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for PE12.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=PE12) (Census 2021, England and Wales): PE12 had 42,122 usual residents at the census.

## How PE12 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | PE12 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £245,000 | 15th cheapest | 35 postcode districts, PE · 2025 |
| Population | 42,122 | 9th most populated | 35 postcode districts, PE · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 35 postcode districts, PE · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 64.8% | 6th lowest | 35 postcode districts, PE · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the PE postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in PE12

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [South Holland 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026246) | 2,312 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 32.7% |
| [South Holland 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026248) | 2,292 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 15.5% |
| [South Holland 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026257) | 2,163 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.6% |
| [South Holland 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026250) | 2,178 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.6% |
| [South Holland 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026251) | 1,816 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.5% |
| [South Holland 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026252) | 1,773 | 157.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.0% |
| [South Holland 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026253) | 1,975 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.6% |
| [South Holland 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026281) | 1,357 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 60.1% |
| [South Holland 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026282) | 1,859 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 67.4% |
| [South Holland 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026283) | 1,757 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.1% |
| [South Holland 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026285) | 1,421 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.7% |
| [South Holland 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026286) | 1,244 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 51.9% |
| [South Holland 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026255) | 1,995 | 116.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.1% |
| [South Holland 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026256) | 1,648 | 85.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.7% |
| [South Holland 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026277) | 1,709 | 160.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.4% |
| [South Holland 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026278) | 1,456 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 66.9% |
| [South Holland 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026279) | 1,367 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
| [South Holland 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026245) | 2,456 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 58.1% |
| [South Holland 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026249) | 2,009 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 33.3% |
| [South Holland 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026280) | 2,700 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 18.7% |
| [South Holland 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/neighbourhood/e01026284) | 2,322 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 39.7% |

## Your MP

- [South Holland and The Deepings](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-holland-and-the-deepings): Sir John Hayes (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [North East Cambridgeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-east-cambridgeshire): Steve Barclay (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.
- [Boston and Skegness](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/boston-and-skegness): Richard Tice (Reform UK), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in PE12

[Fleet Hargate & Holbeach St Johns](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/fleet-hargate-and-holbeach-st-johns), [Holbeach](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/holbeach), [Long Sutton East & Sutton Bridge](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/long-sutton-east-and-sutton-bridge), [Long Sutton West, Gedney & Holbeach Hurn](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/long-sutton-west-gedney-and-holbeach-hurn), [Moulton, Weston & Whaplode](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland/moulton-weston-and-whaplode)

## Postcode sectors in PE12

[PE12 0 (230 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12-0), [PE12 2 (1 postcode)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12-2), [PE12 6 (309 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12-6), [PE12 7 (237 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12-7), [PE12 8 (208 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12-8), [PE12 9 (310 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12-9)

## Council

[South Holland](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland)

## Towns in PE12

[Holbeach](https://openindex.co.uk/town/holbeach)

## Postcode districts next to PE12

[PE6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6), [PE11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe11), [PE13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe13), [PE14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe14), [PE20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe20), [PE34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe34)

## More in the PE postcode area

[All PE postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 0% of people in PE12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PE12, 64.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: PE12
- Postcode area: [PE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe)
- Constituency: [South Holland and The Deepings †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-holland-and-the-deepings)
- Council: [South Holland †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-holland)
- Area: 449 km²
- People, mid-2024: 43,886*
- Neighbourhoods: 21
- Output areas: 133

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[PE13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe13), [PE11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe11), [PE6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe6), [PE34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe34), [PE14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe14), [PE20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe20)

## Latest updates for PE12

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/PE12

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe12