# Bourne Town in South Kesteven, East Midlands. Bourne is a town in South Kesteven, East Midlands. Median sale price £245,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 63.6 per 1,000 people. About 19,037 people. Town. Code E63002295. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [South Kesteven](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven) Bourne is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bourne add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £245,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bourne was £245,000 in 2025. Joint 443rd cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bourne#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 17,495** (2021). Bourne had 17,495 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 604th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bourne#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 40%** (2022). About 40% of people in Bourne 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bourne#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.4%** (January 2026). In Bourne, 96.4% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bourne#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63002295) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 40% of people in Bourne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63002295) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 435 homes were sold in Bourne in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63002295) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Bourne. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63002295) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Bourne had 17,495 usual residents at the census. ## How Bourne compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Bourne | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £245,000 | joint 44th most expensive | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 17,495 | 50th most populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 40% | 36th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.4% | joint 48th highest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Bourne safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bourne at a rate of 63.6 per 1,000 people. That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 147 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bourne. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (458), anti-social behaviour (272) and other crime (162). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Bourne was 57.4 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 Bourne, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bourne has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Bourne | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [South Kesteven 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026299) | 1,675 | 175.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.3% | | [South Kesteven 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026300) | 1,455 | 20.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.6% | | [South Kesteven 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026302) | 1,144 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.5% | | [South Kesteven 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01034703) | 1,315 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.7% | | [South Kesteven 010F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01034704) | 1,439 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.0% | | [South Kesteven 010G](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01034705) | 1,400 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% | | [South Kesteven 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026296) | 1,514 | 22.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.5% | | [South Kesteven 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026297) | 1,515 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% | | [South Kesteven 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01026298) | 2,108 | 120.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% | | [South Kesteven 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01032997) | 1,310 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% | | [South Kesteven 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01032998) | 1,864 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% | | [South Kesteven 011G](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/neighbourhood/e01032999) | 1,250 | 18.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% | ## Your MP - [Grantham and Bourne](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/grantham-and-bourne): Gareth Davies (Conservative), 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. ## Council [South Kesteven](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven) ## Postcode districts covering Bourne [PE10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pe10) ## Middle areas in Bourne [Bourne East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/bourne-east), [Bourne West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven/bourne-west) ## Towns near Bourne [Spalding](https://openindex.co.uk/town/spalding), [Stamford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stamford), [Peterborough](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough), [Grantham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/grantham), [Sleaford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sleaford), [Oakham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oakham) ## Bourne in brief Bourne is a town in South Kesteven, East Midlands. About 19,037 people lived in Bourne in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 435 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 63.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Bourne was £245,000 in 2025. Bourne had 17,495 usual residents at the census. About 40% of people in Bourne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Bourne, 96.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002295 - Constituency: [Grantham and Bourne †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/grantham-and-bourne) - Council: [South Kesteven †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-kesteven) - Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 5.30 km² - People, mid-2024: 19,037* - Neighbourhoods: 12 - Output areas: 56 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Spalding](https://openindex.co.uk/town/spalding), [Stamford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stamford), [Peterborough](https://openindex.co.uk/peterborough), [Grantham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/grantham), [Sleaford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sleaford), [Oakham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/oakham) ## Latest updates for Bourne - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002295 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/bourne, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/bourne#f-house-sales-median-price. 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