Wyberton West & Fen

Boston · East Midlands · population 8,382 · 5 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,788 of 6,856 in England
  • #250 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #2 of 8 in Boston
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,352
Median age (est.)44
Density858per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above20%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 25%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 7%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 9%Other: 20%
One person 23%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 9%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Process & plant 15% · Elementary 14% · Professional 12%

All occupation groups
Process & plant15%
Elementary14%
Professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 31% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

Wyberton West & Fen is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,788 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 8 in Boston. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (84) and lowest on Housing & access (33). Typical homes here sold for about £216,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 105 sales), in line with the wider Boston median of £210,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #517 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,741 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 74 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 52 · #3,268
Employment 57 · #2,966
Education 33 · #4,598
Health 59 · #2,836
Crime 80 · #1,396
Housing & access 33 · #4,618
Living environment 84 · #1,088

House prices ?

£216,500median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£216,500105+6.1%+23.7%
Detached£262,00066+9.2%+35.1%
Semi-detached£183,47526+4.9%+22.7%
Terraced£148,00011-1.6%+23.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£216,500
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)£34,741±£5,019 · #5,114 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,911
Price-to-income ?6.2×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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

74 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 621 offences
Boston89
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #3,785 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences226
Theft190
Burglary56
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons51
Drugs18
Robbery7
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 156 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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