Fenside & Lister Way

Boston · East Midlands · population 11,081 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,346 of 6,856 in England
  • #537 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #8 of 8 in Boston
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,011
Median age (est.)37
Density3,760per km²
No qualifications35%
Degree or above15%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 30%45–64 25%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 38%Private rent: 28%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 38%Private rent 28%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 16%Other: 19%
One person 29%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 16%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Process & plant 29% · Elementary 29% · Caring & leisure 9%

All occupation groups
Process & plant29%
Elementary29%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service8%
Professional5%
Administrative5%
Managers & directors5%
Associate professional4%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 94%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 30% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 45%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Fenside & Lister Way is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,346 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 8 in Boston. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (36) and lowest on Education (0). Typical homes here sold for about £142,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 58 sales), 32% below the wider Boston median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,893 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 99 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 8 · #6,277
Employment 14 · #5,873
Education 0 · #6,839
Health 20 · #5,503
Crime 16 · #5,777
Housing & access 23 · #5,304
Living environment 36 · #4,378

House prices ?

£142,000median (12m) · -4.5% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£142,00058-4.5%+13.6%
Detached£215,00015-6.5%+19.4%
Semi-detached£142,00016-6.9%+5.2%
Terraced£127,50025+34.2%+22.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£142,000
Boston£210,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£28,893±£4,391 · #6,578 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,500
Price-to-income ?4.9×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

99 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,095 offences
Boston89
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #4,894 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences530
Theft229
Burglary50
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson118
Public order & weapons71
Drugs19
Robbery18
Other32

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 304 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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