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Baston

Baston is a village in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 1,444. It has four bus stops. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Baston area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Kesteven area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 143,405 residents at roughly 152 people per km².

Council
South Kesteven
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Grantham and Stamford
Police force
Lincolnshire
74/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 5th of 294 English council areas — better than 98% of them.

Low crime83
Home affordability58
Affordable rents72
Good schools76
Life expectancy79
Low deprivation68
Employment62
Low council tax88

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 56% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:27

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

  • Public order1
  • Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Market Deeping and Uffington · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour in and around the skate parks of Stamford, Bourne and Deeping St James
  • Open Space Nuisance, E-bikes/E-scooters and Youth Anti-Social Behaviour: We are continuing to address reports of anti-social behaviour in…

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

Road safety

299 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 400 casualties · 20.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

19 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 17 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stamford (11.3 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£265,305 average▲ 4% YoY

Across South Kesteven · to 2026-08

Detached£380,636
Semi-detached£246,039
Terraced£198,530
Flat£115,160

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£845 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £585
  • 2 bed £756
  • 3 bed £914

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

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,081 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (9.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

13 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 100 kW
  • Nearest: MFG Market Deeping (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

143,405 residents in South Kesteven · 152/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,857
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,477
  • Net moves+1,380

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 201 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,260 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 67,490)

A £1,507
B £1,758
C £2,009
D £2,260
E £2,762
F £3,264
G £3,767
H £4,520

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

Schools

76 schools · 23,282 pupils

52 primary · 10 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 28 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Kesteven and Grantham Girls' SchoolOutstanding
  • Bourne Grammar SchoolGood
  • Stamford Welland AcademyGood
  • The King's School, GranthamGood
  • Walton AcademyGood
  • West Grantham Church of England Secondary AcademyGood
  • Bourne Academy
  • Charles Read Academy
  • The Deepings School
  • The Priory Ruskin Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Kesteven

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

211 applications decided

91.5% granted · 193 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Alicia Kearns

Conservative

Rutland and Stamford

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 2
  • Con 18
  • LD 3
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 25

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,915 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£706 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,860 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,658 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Wind 22% · Biomass 18% · Imports 2%

244 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in PE6

  • The Deepings Practice
  • Abbeyview Surgery
  • Jenner Healthcare

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rutland and Stamford:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Baston · 0.1 km

    Baston is a village and parish on the edge of The Fens and in the administrative district of South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. The 2011 census reported the parish had 1,469 people in 555 households.

  • Kirkstone House School · 0.3 km

    Kirkstone House School is an independent day school situated in the rural village of Baston in south Lincolnshire, England.

  • Thetford, Lincolnshire · 0.9 km

    Thetford is a hamlet and farm in the civil parish of Baston in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

  • Kates Bridge · 1.1 km

    Kates Bridge is a landmark settlement on the A15 road, in the parish of Thurlby. It is approximately 3 miles (5 km) south from Bourne, Lincolnshire, England. Today, Kates Bridge consists of little more than three brid…

  • Langtoft, Lincolnshire · 1.6 km

    Langtoft is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 2,008. It lies on the A15 road, about 10 miles (16 km) north fr…

  • Wilsthorpe, Lincolnshire · 2.3 km

    Wilsthorpe is a village in the civil parish of Braceborough and Wilsthorpe, in the South Kesteven district, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) north-east from Stamford…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Baston?
Baston is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the South Kesteven local authority.
What is the population of Baston?
Baston has an approximate settlement population of 1,444.
How deprived is Baston?
The South Kesteven local authority, which includes Baston, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.