PE21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Boston, Skirbeck and Wyberton, 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 PE21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In PE21, 88.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How PE21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE21 at a rate of 133.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across PE.
In August 2026 alone, 546 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,198), anti-social behaviour (1,384) and other crime (984).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE21 was 140.5 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 PE21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE21 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PE21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston 002A | 1,839 | 109.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.9% |
| Boston 002C | 2,612 | 136.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.5% |
| Boston 002D | 1,947 | 209.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| Boston 002E | 1,594 | 131.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.3% |
| Boston 002F | 1,391 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| Boston 002G | 1,629 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Boston 003B | 1,778 | 152.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.4% |
| Boston 003C | 2,411 | 316.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.2% |
| Boston 003D | 1,585 | 393.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.4% |
| Boston 003E | 1,366 | 529.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 71.1% |
| Boston 003F | 1,594 | 185.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.5% |
| Boston 004A | 1,141 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.3% |
| Boston 004B | 1,676 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Boston 004C | 2,280 | 141.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Boston 004D | 1,872 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.8% |
| Boston 004E | 1,890 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.6% |
| Boston 007E | 1,382 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.3% |
| Boston 008A | 1,449 | 110.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Boston 008B | 1,944 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.1% |
| Boston 008C | 2,304 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.4% |
| Boston 008D | 1,439 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.9% |
| Boston 008E | 1,709 | 119.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 73.4% |
| Boston 009B | 1,641 | 109.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Boston 009C | 2,517 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Boston 009D | 1,194 | 75.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 62.1% |
| Boston 009E | 1,546 | 149.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.3% |
| Boston 009F | 1,457 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.9% |
Your MP
- Richard TiceReform UKMP for Boston and Skegness
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 PE215
Postcode sectors in PE216
Council1
Towns in PE211
Postcode districts next to PE212
Nearest rail stations1
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PE21 in brief
PE21 is a postcode district covering Boston, Skirbeck and Wyberton, in Boston.
About 47,531 people lived in PE21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £190,000 in 2025 across 566 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 133.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE21 was £190,000 in 2025.
PE21 had 47,192 usual residents at the census.
In PE21, 88.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In PE21, 5.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.