Leake & Butterwick

Boston · East Midlands · population 7,673 · 5 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,577 of 6,856 in England
  • #402 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #4 of 8 in Boston
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,561
Median age (est.)52
Density71per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above18%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 16%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 8%Other: 23%
One person 25%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 8%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 14% · Elementary 12% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades14%
Elementary12%
Professional12%
Process & plant12%
Managers & directors11%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 33% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Leake & Butterwick is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,577 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 8 in Boston. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (86) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £230,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 85 sales), 10% above the wider Boston median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,128 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 40 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 45 · #3,755
Employment 39 · #4,166
Education 20 · #5,455
Health 39 · #4,180
Crime 86 · #958
Housing & access 5 · #6,531
Living environment 34 · #4,543

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +5.3% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,00085+5.3%+12.2%
Detached£249,97570+4.2%+13.6%
Semi-detached£178,75014-0.7%+20.2%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=1)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£230,000
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)£31,128±£4,678 · #6,155 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,984
Price-to-income ?7.4×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

63Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 305 offences
Boston89
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,237 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences181
Theft16
Burglary20
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons25
Drugs7
Robbery0
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 86 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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