Holbeach
TownTown in South Holland, East Midlands.
Holbeach is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Holbeach 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Holbeach live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Holbeach compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Holbeach safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Holbeach at a rate of 86.3 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, 65 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Holbeach.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (334), anti-social behaviour (174) and other crime (107).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Holbeach was 84.5 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 Holbeach, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Holbeach has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Holbeach
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Holland 003A | 2,178 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.6% |
| South Holland 003B | 1,816 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.5% |
| South Holland 003C | 1,773 | 157.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.0% |
| South Holland 003D | 1,975 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.6% |
Your MP
- Sir John HayesConservativeMP for South Holland and The Deepings
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Holbeach1
Middle areas in Holbeach1
Towns near Holbeach6
Holbeach in brief
Holbeach is a town in South Holland, East Midlands.
About 9,128 people lived in Holbeach in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £220,000 in 2025 across 212 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 86.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Holbeach was £220,000 in 2025.
Holbeach had 8,757 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Holbeach live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Holbeach, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.