Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Boston Nursery School is the nearest published school at 279 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PE21 0HL
Skirbeck · Boston · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Skirbeck
- Local authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness
- Postcode district
- PE21
- Postcode sector
- PE21 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PE21 0HL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1995
- Terminated
- 1 December 1996
- Postcode area
- PE
- Postcode district
- PE21
- Postcode sector
- PE21 0
- Latitude
- 52.970417
- Longitude
- -0.010510
- British National Grid easting
- 533,700
- British National Grid northing
- 343,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Boston · E07000136
- Electoral ward
- Skirbeck · E05009628
- Parish or community
- E43000109
- Westminster constituency
- Boston and Skegness · E14001114
- Output area
- E00132074
- Lower layer super output area
- Boston 004D · E01026027
- Middle layer super output area
- Boston 004 · E02005420
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore PE21
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 13
- Secondary
- 3
- 279 m
Boston Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 410 m
St Nicholas CE Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 430 m
Boston College
Further education
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,439
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,179
- Shoplifting 532
- Anti social behaviour 521
- Criminal damage and arson 244
- Public order 198
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- PE21 0 residents
- 10,355
Age bands in PE21 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.2%
1,898 residents
1,154 residents
2,749 residents
2,554 residents
1,979 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
4
within 5 km straight-line
GREYFRIARS SURGERY
SOUTH SQUARE, BOSTON, PE21 6JU
ODS code C83059
977 m
LIQUORPOND SURGERY
10 LIQUORPOND STREET, BOSTON, PE21 8UE
ODS code C83004
1.1 km
PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
TAWNEY STREET, BOSTON, PE21 6PF
ODS code C83010
1.5 km
THE SIDINGS MEDICAL PRACTICE
SLEAFORD ROAD, BOSTON, PE21 8EG
ODS code C83060
1.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
The Napoleon PH
BCT · Boston
- 0.1 miles
The Napoleon PH
BCT · Boston
- 0.1 miles
Ice Cream Parlour
BCT · Boston
- 0.1 miles
College Annexe
BCT · Boston
- 0.1 miles
Post Office
BCT · Boston
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Boston 004D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,257 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,439 published events cover 12 months, averaging 286.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,179 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.