# PE21 8GJ: area report for a postcode in Boston

PE21 8GJ 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 8GJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Boston](https://openindex.co.uk/boston) › [PE21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe21) › [PE21 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe21-8)

## Around this postcode

- **86 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 13% on July. Boston 002C: 137 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ
- **Boston, 620 m**: About 8 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 300 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ
- **13 of 13 properties in PE21 8GJ at low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Boston 002C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ
- **£177,438 average price**: For the whole of Boston, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 280 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at PE21 8GJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at PE21 8GJ**: Road 55 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ
- **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=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ
- **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=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Staniland Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/staniland-academy-e138752) | Primary | 300 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Boston Pioneers Free School Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boston-pioneers-free-school-academy-e139597) | Primary | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Carlton Road Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carlton-road-academy-e138751) | Primary | 700 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Boston Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-boston-grammar-school-e139180) | Secondary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 54.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Boston College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boston-college-e130761) | Sixth form and further education | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Boston West Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boston-west-academy-e138291) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Boston Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boston-nursery-school-e126564) | Nursery | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2023 | – |
| [St Thomas CofE Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-cofe-primary-academy-e146869) | Primary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2025 | £179,950 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2026 | £150,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| August 2024 | £200,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| August 2026 | £57,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| June 2024 | £178,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| March 2026 | £120,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| September 2025 | £119,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| February 2026 | £109,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Boston (630 m, 8 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE SIDINGS MEDICAL PRACTICE (370 m); LIQUORPOND SURGERY (480 m); GREYFRIARS SURGERY (730 m)
- Pharmacies: QUALIPHARM PHARMACY (370 m); LINCOLN CO-OP CHEMISTS LTD (460 m); ASDA PHARMACY (510 m); BOSTON PHARMACY (730 m); BOOTS (850 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (550 m); COMMUNITY DENTAL SERVICES CIC (670 m); PUMP SQUARE (DENTAL SURGERY) (950 m)
- Supermarkets: Farmfoods Boston (280 m, Farmfoods); Aldi Hubbert's Bridge Boston (350 m, Aldi); Co-op Woodville Road Food Store (480 m, Lincolnshire Co-operative); Asda Boston Superstore (810 m, Asda); Spar - London Road Boston (840 m, Spar)

## 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 002C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 46.7** (2025). Boston 002C has a deprivation score of 46.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 2,998th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £132,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Boston 002C was £132,000 in 2025. Joint 1,440th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,612** (2021). Boston 002C had 2,612 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 661st most 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: 97.5%** (January 2026). In Boston 002C, 97.5% 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.

## 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: 52.9726, -0.0329

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)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [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=-0.0329,52.9726,PE218GJ

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