Boston
Boston is covered by postcode districts PE20 and PE21. It is in the Boston council area, Lincolnshire.
Every postcode in Boston, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 2
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 993
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 43
Of the 1,038 postcodes in Boston that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 993 are at low risk at worst and 43 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.9744, longitude -0.0252. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Boston?
Homes sold for a typical £180,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. At 690 of the 998 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 995 of its 1,038 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes, or more. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Boston, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Boston?
Homes in Boston sold for a typical £180,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 400 sales, down 4.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £188,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £180,000
▼ down 4.3% on the 12 months before
Across the whole PE21 district, Boston's main postcode district: a typical £180,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Boston: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Boston?
38 of the 1,038 postcodes now in use in Boston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 55 of the 535 homes sold in Boston were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE21 district, 10%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Boston | Across the PE21 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 8 of 400 (2%) | 8 of 415 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 55 of 535 (10%) | 56 of 560 (10%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Boston?
Ofcom reports on 998 of the 1,038 postcodes in Boston. At 690 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Boston at risk of flooding?
995 of the 1,038 postcodes in Boston have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Boston?
The open schools at the postcodes in Boston (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Boston Pioneers Free School Academy150 m 411 pupils, 420 places
- Carlton Road Academy750 m 458 pupils, 459 places
- Staniland Academy800 m 461 pupils, 630 places
- Boston Endeavour Academy1.0 km 161 pupils, 160 places
- St Nicholas CE Primary Academy1.3 km 187 pupils, 240 places
- Conquest School1.3 km
- Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy Boston1.3 km 189 pupils, 210 places
- Tower Road Academy1.3 km 559 pupils, 630 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Boston?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Boston is Boston Rail Station, 550 m away in a straight line.
- Boston Rail Station Railway station 550 mWalk
- Hubberts Bridge Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
- Swineshead Rail Station Railway station 10.9 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Boston?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Boston. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Liquorpond Surgery100 m
- Greyfriars Surgery200 m
- The Sidings Medical Practice600 m
- Parkside Medical Centre800 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Boston safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,806 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Boston over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 416 September 2025
- 346 October 2025
- 396 November 2025
- 356 December 2025
- 444 January 2026
- 388 February 2026
- 391 March 2026
- 409 April 2026
- 374 May 2026
- 381 June 2026
- 483 July 2026
- 422 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 114, bicycle theft 111, other crime 110, robbery 69, possession of weapons 42, theft from the person 15.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Boston?
- District, borough or city council
- Boston
- County council
- Lincolnshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Boston and Skegness
- Police force area
- Lincolnshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
- MP
- Richard Tice (Reform UK)
All 1,038 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Boston
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Boston about council tax Council tax, on boston.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Boston
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Boston postcodes
1,038 postcodes in use in Boston, by district:
Those districts are all in the PE postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Boston
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Boston's £180,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Boston
- What is it like to live in Boston?
- Homes sold for a typical £180,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. At 690 of the 998 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 995 of its 1,038 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes, or more. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Boston, 550 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Boston?
- Boston is covered by postcode districts PE20 and PE21, across 1,038 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Boston in?
- Boston is in the Boston council area, and Lincolnshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Boston?
- Boston is in the Boston and Skegness parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Richard Tice (Reform UK), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Boston?
- Homes in Boston sold for a typical £180,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 400 sales, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Boston?
- In Boston, primary schools at its postcodes include Boston Pioneers Free School Academy, Carlton Road Academy and Staniland Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Boston Grammar School, Boston Endeavour Academy and Conquest School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Boston have a railway station?
- Yes: Boston is 550 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Boston, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Boston?
- Ofcom reports on 998 of the 1,038 postcodes in Boston. At 690 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Boston at risk of flooding?
- 995 of the 1,038 postcodes in Boston have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Boston?
- 38 of the 1,038 postcodes now in use in Boston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 55 of the 535 homes sold in Boston were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE21 district, 10%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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