PE20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kirton and Swineshead, in Boston.
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 PE20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PE20, 85.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PE20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE20 at a rate of 68.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across PE.
In August 2026 alone, 92 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (473), anti-social behaviour (184) and other crime (160).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE20 was 61.2 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 PE20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE20 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PE20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston 006A | 2,439 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 58.8% |
| Boston 006B | 2,389 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.2% |
| Boston 006C | 1,862 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Boston 007A | 1,637 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 71.6% |
| Boston 007B | 1,714 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.1% |
| Boston 007C | 2,808 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| Boston 007D | 2,910 | 87.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% |
MPs for PE20
- Richard TiceReform UKMP for Boston and Skegness99% of PE20’s postcodes
- Gareth DaviesConservativeMP for Grantham and Bourne0.6% of PE20’s postcodes
- Sir John HayesConservativeMP for South Holland and The Deepings0.2% of PE20’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 PE202
Postcode sectors in PE203
Council1
Postcode districts next to PE206
More in the PE postcode area2
PE20 in brief
PE20 is a postcode district covering Kirton and Swineshead, in Boston.
About 15,349 people lived in PE20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £247,500 in 2025 across 274 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 68.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE20 was £247,500 in 2025.
PE20 had 15,381 usual residents at the census.
In PE20, 85.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PE20, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.