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Whaplode and Holbeach St John's

Ward

The middle of the South Holland. About 4,640 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 64 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Whaplode and Holbeach St John's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,331
Joint 2,183rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
44.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Whaplode and Holbeach St John's compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Whaplode and Holbeach St John'sMiddle
Population18 wards, South Holland · 2021
Population: every ward in South Holland18 areas from 2,292 to 8,089. The middle area is 5,788. Whaplode and Holbeach St John's is 4,331.
4,3316th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, South Holland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in South Holland18 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Whaplode and Holbeach St John's is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, South Holland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in South Holland18 areas from 15.5% to 99.3%. The middle area is 81.6%. Whaplode and Holbeach St John's is 44.9%.
44.9%4th lowest
Claimant rate18 wards, South Holland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in South Holland18 areas from 1.9% to 4.9%. The middle area is 2.9%. Whaplode and Holbeach St John's is 1.9%.
1.9%lowest

Is Whaplode and Holbeach St John's safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whaplode and Holbeach St John's at a rate of 64.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 78.4 per 1,000 people across South Holland.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 34 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Whaplode and Holbeach St John's.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (117), other crime (58) and anti-social behaviour (49).

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.

Figures for the whole of South Holland

These figures are published for the whole of South Holland, not for each ward, so they describe all of South Holland and not Whaplode and Holbeach St John's alone. See South Holland

Average house price
£226,156
Up 1.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£32,336
10th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.0×
Joint 159th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
21.0
Joint 122nd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Whaplode and Holbeach St John's in brief

Whaplode and Holbeach St John's had 4,331 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Whaplode and Holbeach St John's live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Whaplode and Holbeach St John's, 44.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Whaplode and Holbeach St John's, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.