PE22
Postcode districtPostcode district covering East Lindsey, in East Lindsey and Boston.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an PE22 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in PE22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How PE22 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is PE22 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in PE22 at a rate of 46.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.9 per 1,000 people across the PE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 70 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in PE22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (362), anti-social behaviour (162) and other crime (133).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in PE22 was 46.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in PE22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so PE22 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in PE22
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston 001A | 1,117 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 9.2% |
| Boston 001B | 1,605 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 19.7% |
| Boston 001C | 1,223 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 4.6% |
| Boston 001D | 1,375 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 18.7% |
| Boston 001E | 2,240 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 13.6% |
| East Lindsey 017C | 1,555 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| East Lindsey 018A | 1,955 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 30.5% |
| East Lindsey 018B | 2,182 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.0% |
| East Lindsey 018C | 2,033 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 20.5% |
| East Lindsey 018D | 2,307 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 13.7% |
MPs for PE22
- Richard TiceReform UKMP for Boston and Skegness85% of PE22’s postcodes
- Victoria AtkinsConservativeMP for Louth and Horncastle15% of PE22’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in PE222
Postcode sectors in PE224
Councils PE22 covers2
Postcode districts next to PE227
More in the PE postcode area2
PE22 in brief
PE22 is a postcode district covering East Lindsey, in East Lindsey and Boston.
About 17,433 people lived in PE22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £239,500 in 2025 across 260 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in PE22 was £239,500 in 2025.
PE22 had 17,037 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in PE22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In PE22, 31.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.