Areas · East Midlands · Lincolnshire
Area guide · East Midlands
South Holland
How South Holland compares with every council area in England and Wales, on official figures only (100,758 people, mid-2025). Ranked 1st = best for someone living there. There is no overall score: the places are too different for one number to be honest.
Gigabit broadband
76.4%
277th fastest of 318
Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026
Average house price
£226,660
87th most affordable of 317
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, July 2026
Price change over 12 months
+3.8%
74th fastest rising of 317
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, July 2026
Fine particles (PM2.5)
6.9 µg/m³
155th cleanest of 318
Defra modelled background PM2.5, 2024 (WHO guideline 5 µg/m³)
Recorded crime
60.5 per 1,000
88th lowest of 283
ONS / Home Office police recorded crime, year ending March 2026
Deprivation rank
123 / 296
174th least deprived of 296
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); 1 = most deprived
Flood risk and road noise are not here because no official figure exists for a whole council area. Both vary street by street, which is what the free check reads.
Check a street in South Holland
These figures are for the whole area. The free check reads one postcode: flood, crime, noise and the station, in seconds.
League tables for Lincolnshire
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