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Bourne

Bourne is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 13,961. It has two GP surgeries, one pharmacy, one supermarket, and 22 restaurants and cafés, with 39 bus stops. The average sold house price is around £284,871, and there were around 105 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bourne 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

6°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:24

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, 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

146 reported · August 2026▲ 34% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences44
  • Shoplifting35
  • Anti-social behaviour32
  • Criminal damage & arson11

Neighbourhood team: Bourne and Billingborough · 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

113 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 101 rated 4–5 ★ (88 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stamford (14.8 km):

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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: 170.9p · ESSO (0.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · ESSO (0.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Burghley Street Car Park, Bourne (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches16
  • Playgrounds19

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

  • In a conservation area (Bourne)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 63 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

Gareth Davies

Conservative

Grantham and Bourne

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

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

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens2651
  • Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,915 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

83 jobs advertised · £34,691 avg

e.g. Seasonal Retail Merchandiser, Learning & Development Manager, Yard Manager

Source: Adzuna

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

64% low-carbon electricity

Wind 34% · Gas 33% · Biomass 27% · Imports 3%

161 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in PE10

  • Hereward Medical Centre
  • Bourne Galletly Practice Team

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Grantham and Bourne:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bourne Eau · 0.2 km

    Bourne Eau is a short river which rises from an artesian spring in the town of Bourne in Lincolnshire, England, and flows in an easterly direction to join the River Glen at Tongue End. Within the town, it once powered…

  • Bourne Festival · 0.3 km

    Bourne Festival is an annual music event held in Wellhead Park in the market town of Bourne, Lincolnshire, England.

  • Bourne Castle · 0.3 km

    Bourne Castle was a castle in the market town of Bourne in southern Lincolnshire.

  • Bourne, Lincolnshire · 0.4 km

    Bourne is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the eastern slopes of the limestone Kesteven Uplands and the western edge of the Fens, 11 miles (18 km) nort…

  • Red Hall, Bourne · 0.5 km

    The Red Hall is a historic building in Bourne, Lincolnshire, located on South Street. Originally built as a home in 1605, remaining as one until 1836; it later served as a school and a railway booking office, now func…

  • Burghley Arms · 0.5 km

    The Burghley Arms is a pub in Bourne, Lincolnshire, located at 6 North Street. The statesman William Cecil was born there in 1520.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Bourne?
Bourne is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the South Kesteven local authority.
What is the population of Bourne?
Bourne has an approximate settlement population of 13,961.
How deprived is Bourne?
The South Kesteven local authority, which includes Bourne, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.