Fishtoft & Wyberton East

Boston · East Midlands · population 9,195 · 5 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,624 of 6,856 in England
  • #239 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #1 of 8 in Boston
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,847
Median age (est.)46
Density254per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above25%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 7%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Process & plant 13% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Process & plant13%
Elementary13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 29% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 18%

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

Fishtoft & Wyberton East is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,624 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 8 in Boston. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (83) but weak on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here, about £239,950 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 143 sales), 14% above the wider Boston median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,723 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 67 · #2,247
Employment 66 · #2,322
Education 39 · #4,207
Health 58 · #2,884
Crime 82 · #1,218
Housing & access 16 · #5,743
Living environment 83 · #1,157

House prices ?

£239,950median (12m) · +4.3% yr · n=143
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£239,950143+4.3%+29.7%
Detached£285,00094+7.2%+26.7%
Semi-detached£165,00033-3.8%+3.1%
Terraced£152,00013-7.9%+22.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£239,950
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)£37,723±£5,391 · #4,135 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,383
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 634 offences
Boston89
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,468 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences210
Theft208
Burglary48
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons52
Drugs11
Robbery9
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 93 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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