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Boston

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
70,491
Households
29,441
Crimes · Jun '26
240
29,441
Households
White Brit. · 75%
Ethnicity
Christian · 60%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
240
Crimes · Jun '26
£225,423
Median property price
£755
Median rent
2,105
Postcodes
29,441
Households
White Brit. · 75%
Ethnicity
Christian · 60%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
240
Crimes · Jun '26
£225,423
Median property price
£755
Median rent
2,105
Postcodes

Sold prices in Boston

England & Wales
Property sales · Boston
HM Land Registry · Boston
Average price
£211,605
YoY: +0.6%
Median price: £239,027
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 25 sales · avg £182,559
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£231k£207k£183k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Boston

England & Wales
Crime trends · Boston

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
98
YoY stable
122621
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
44
YoY -37%
91460
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
5
YoY —
1160
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
3
YoY -73%
37190
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
13
YoY -32%
31160
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

3 of 5 key categories improving

240
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Boston

High flood risk in part of this area

7 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial / Tidal Models · Fluvial Models · Tidal Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Lincolnshire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Boston is the district council. School applications go through Lincolnshire.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare an address with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps.

Apply for a primary place via Lincolnshire

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Boston

GPs make up most of the mapped places

13 GPs · 2 Hospitals · 2 Libraries · 19 in all

  • GPs13
  • Hospitals2
  • Libraries2
  • Museums2

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Boston

Median private rent

£755/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£597
1 bed
£755
2 bed
£912
3 bed
£1,271
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Boston

Coordinates52.9688, -0.0297
Postcodes
2,105
Population (Census)
70,491
Households (Census)
29,441
Recorded crime · Jun '26
240

Demographics in Boston

Ethnicity

Total residents: 70,514
White Brit.74.5%
Other White19.4%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group1.0%
+ other · 5.0%

Religion

Total residents: 70,512
Christian59.8%
No religion31.2%
Not answered6.5%
Muslim1.4%
+ other · 1.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 70,491
50–6420.0%
35–4919.1%
25–3412.8%
65–7410.8%
10–157.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.0%

Households

Total households: 29,441
Other13.8%
Any member 66+13.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.7%
All members 66+10.6%
+ 7 other households · 38.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Boston

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.81 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.81 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).