Lincoln

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:25

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

692 reported · July 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences197
• Anti-social behaviour162
• Shoplifting116
• Public order48

Neighbourhood team: Lincoln Boultham · Lincolnshire

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

184 reported road collisions (2024)

29 killed or seriously injured · 212 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 445 rated 4–5 ★ (417 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Lincoln (1.1 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£183,298 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Lincoln · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£944 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £661
• 2 bed £830
• 3 bed £992

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (6.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (4.4 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Valentine Retail Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches26
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Ermine residents choose eight community projects to receive funding· 10 Sept 2026
• £270,000 Government funding secured to improve three Lincoln play areas· 8 Sept 2026
• Only days to go until Lincoln’s free music festival returns to the city centre· 1 Sept 2026
• Tour of Britain Men – Stage One: Everything you need to know· 26 Aug 2026
• City of Lincoln Council's radon programme is helping keep Lincoln homes safe· 25 Aug 2026

Source: Lincoln Council

103,811 residents in Lincoln · 2,909/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 69%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 68 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,323 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (61% of 47,680)

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

43 schools · 14,960 pupils

23 primary · 6 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 12 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lincoln

710 CQC-registered services

• Care homes285
• GP practices106
• Dentists125
• Homecare agencies128
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lincolnshire

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

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

83 applications decided

85.5% granted · 71 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Hamish Falconer

Labour

Lincoln

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 17
• Con 2
• LD 7
• Grn 1
• Ref 4
• Oth 2

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics10
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens94
• Restaurants & cafés131

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,534 jobs advertised · £38,551 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, FPGA Engineer, Sous Chef

Source: Adzuna

£683 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,723 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,157 certificates

13.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Biomass 37% · Wind 13% · Imports 5%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.3 yrs women · 78.1 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.2
• Happiness yesterday6.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

21 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in LN6

• Hmp Morton Hall - Bcss Detained Estate
• Boultham Park Medical Practice
• Richmond Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lincoln:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership555 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s372 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office349 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases301 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test272 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Lincoln Central Mosque and Cultural Centre · 0.3 km

  Lincoln Central Mosque and Islamic Centre, also known as Lincoln Central Mosque, is a mosque in the city of Lincoln in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. It is located on Dixon Street to the southwest of…

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  Boultham · 0.3 km

  Boultham is an area of the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England, south-west of the city centre.

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  John of Gaunt's Palace, Lincoln · 0.7 km

  John of Gaunt's Palace was a late 14th-century merchant's house which stood in the lower part of Lincoln High Street, opposite the St Mary Guildhall. It was progressively demolished from the late 18th century until th…

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  St Peter at Gowts · 0.7 km

  St Peter at Gowts is a Grade I listed parish church in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

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  St Mary's Guildhall, Lincoln · 0.7 km

  St Mary's Guildhall is a major domestic complex, indicating the highest social status, built in the part of the medieval city of Lincoln, England, known as Wigford. The Guildhall faces directly onto Lincoln High Stree…

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  Central Methodist Church, Lincoln · 0.7 km

  Central Methodist Church, Lincoln is a Grade II listed Methodist church in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. It is an active place of worship in the Boultham area of the city near St Peter at Gowts church.…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)