Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen

Boston · East Midlands · population 6,628 · 3 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,399 of 6,856 in England
  • #381 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #3 of 8 in Boston
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,689
Median age (est.)48
Density55per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above20%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 16%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 14% · Managers & directors 13% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades14%
Managers & directors13%
Professional12%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 36% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Swineshead, Bicker & Holland Fen is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,399 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 8 in Boston. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (81) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £225,500 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 118 sales), 7% above the wider Boston median of £210,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,238 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 46 · #3,686
Employment 40 · #4,077
Education 24 · #5,222
Health 49 · #3,515
Crime 81 · #1,301
Housing & access 5 · #6,510
Living environment 30 · #4,769

House prices ?

£225,500median (12m) · +6.9% yr · n=118
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£225,500118+6.9%+18.7%
Detached£250,00083-3.8%+9.9%
Semi-detached£189,99527+2.7%+20.6%
Terraced£175,0007+19.9%+18.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£225,500
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)£34,238±£4,883 · #5,265 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,175
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 266 offences
Boston89
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,265 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences131
Theft36
Burglary19
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons20
Drugs5
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 58 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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