Leake Commonside

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• Today: 11° / 9° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:21

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026▼ 37% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Boston Rural East · Lincolnshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

178 reported road collisions (2025)

42 killed or seriously injured · 223 casualties · 25.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£180,174 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Boston · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£806 average monthly rent▲ 2.1% YoY

• 1 bed £605
• 2 bed £764
• 3 bed £923

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.8 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

815 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (9.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Lincolnshire Co-op Old Leake (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

70,502 residents in Boston · 194/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,880
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,624
• Net moves+256

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 36 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,309 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (49% of 31,980)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

31 schools · 10,176 pupils

18 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 7 of 9 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

26 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Boston

710 CQC-registered services

• Care homes284
• GP practices108
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies128
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lincolnshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

80 applications decided

93.8% granted · 75 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Independent / Conservative coalition

• Con 4
• LD 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 24

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens18
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,850 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£609 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,205 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 37,833 certificates

12.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Lincolnshire): 58.6 women · 58.6 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

3 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in PE22

• Dr Sinha & Partners
• Stickney Surgery
• Hmp North Sea Camp

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Boston and Skegness:

• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects275 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases181 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK178 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth145 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills141 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Old Leake · 0.9 km

  Old Leake is a village and civil parish in the Boston district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,022.

• Giles Academy · 1.1 km

  The Giles Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Old Leake in the English county of Lincolnshire.

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  Wrangle, Lincolnshire · 2.9 km

  Wrangle is a village in the Boston Borough of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 9 miles (14 km) north-east from the town of Boston. The population of Wrangle civil parish in 2001 was 1,265, increasin…

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  Leverton, Lincolnshire · 3.0 km

  Leverton is a village and civil parish in the Boston district of Lincolnshire, England, about 6 mi (10 km) east-north-east of Boston, on the A52 road. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 689.

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  Old Leake railway station · 3.1 km

  Old Leake was a railway station on the East Lincolnshire Railway which served the village of Old Leake in Lincolnshire between 1848 and 1964. It originally opened as Hob Hole and was renamed three times within the fir…

• Skirbeck Wapentake · 3.6 km

  Skirbeck Wapentake was a local government unit in the Parts of Holland Lincolnshire, England from the early eleventh century, until the wapentakes were abolished by the Local Government Act 1888.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)