# PE21 1SH: area report for a postcode in Boston

PE21 1SH is a postcode in Boston.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Boston. Open the map at PE21 1SH for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Boston](https://openindex.co.uk/boston) › [PE21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe21) › [PE21 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe21-1)

## Around this postcode

- **132 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 20% on July. Boston 003E: 530 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH
- **Boston, 340 m**: About 4 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 160 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH
- **No property in PE21 1SH listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Boston 003E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH
- **£177,438 average price**: For the whole of Boston, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 300 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH
- **9 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 290 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH
- **86% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH
- **Moderate road and rail noise at PE21 1SH**: Road 57 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH
- **9.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Boston Pioneers Free School Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boston-pioneers-free-school-academy-e139597) | Primary | 160 m (2 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Boston Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-boston-grammar-school-e139180) | Secondary | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 54.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Carlton Road Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carlton-road-academy-e138751) | Primary | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Staniland Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/staniland-academy-e138752) | Primary | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Boston College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boston-college-e130761) | Sixth form and further education | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Boston Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boston-nursery-school-e126564) | Nursery | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2023 | – |
| [Park Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/park-academy-e139191) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, June 2025 | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Tower Road Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tower-road-academy-e136793) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2024 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2024 | £110,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 50 m |
| November 2023 | £155,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| July 2026 | £153,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| August 2024 | £106,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| March 2025 | £235,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 200 m |
| September 2024 | £110,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |
| December 2023 | £104,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 220 m |
| October 2023 | £130,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 230 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Boston (340 m, 4 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: LIQUORPOND SURGERY (300 m); GREYFRIARS SURGERY (320 m); THE SIDINGS MEDICAL PRACTICE (420 m); PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE (700 m)
- Pharmacies: LINCOLN CO-OP CHEMISTS LTD (270 m); BOOTS (310 m); BOSTON PHARMACY (320 m); QUALIPHARM PHARMACY (420 m); ASDA PHARMACY (460 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (40 m); COMMUNITY DENTAL SERVICES CIC (200 m); PUMP SQUARE (DENTAL SURGERY) (420 m); MAIN RIDGE WEST DENTAL PRACTICE (480 m); WIDE BARGATE (DENTAL SURGERY) (600 m)
- Supermarkets: Farmfoods Boston (290 m, Farmfoods); Aldi Hubbert's Bridge Boston (300 m, Aldi); Morrisons Daily Boston Wide Bargate (520 m, Morrisons); Asda Boston Superstore (520 m, Asda); Lidl Langrick Boston (670 m, Lidl)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £177,438** (July 2026). Boston’s average house price was £177,438 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £29,805** (2025). Full-time workers living in Boston earned a median of £29,805 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). Lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.0×** (2025). A home in Boston costs 6.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 93rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 28.5** (2025). Boston has a deprivation score of 28.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 51st most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Boston 003E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 55.6** (2025). Boston 003E has a deprivation score of 55.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,513th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,366** (2021). Boston 003E had 1,366 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 16,773rd least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 71.1%** (January 2026). In Boston 003E, 71.1% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 11.6%** (August 2026). In Boston 003E, 11.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## PE21 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £190,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PE21 was £190,000 in 2025. Joint 304th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 47,192** (2021). PE21 had 47,192 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 267th 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in PE21 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.1%** (January 2026). In PE21, 88.1% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Boston](https://openindex.co.uk/boston)
- Centre: 52.9761, -0.0272

Council: [Boston](https://openindex.co.uk/boston) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Boston and Skegness](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/boston-and-skegness): Richard Tice (Reform UK), MP since July 2024.

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

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Gigabit broadband coverage](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gigabit-broadband), January 2026 (Output area)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.0272,52.9761,PE211SH

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe21-1sh.

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