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Brigg

Brigg is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 6,787. It has around 20 restaurants and cafés, along with 22 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Brigg, 0.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £238,139, and there were around 55 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 Brigg area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Lincolnshire area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 169,680 residents at roughly 200 people per km².

Council
North Lincolnshire
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Brigg and Goole
Police force
Humberside
45/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 185th of 294 English council areas — better than 37% of them.

Low crime40
Home affordability92
Affordable rents98
Good schools7
Life expectancy15
Low deprivation38
Employment41
Low council tax71

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

15°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 54% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

69 reported · July 2026 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences29
  • Criminal damage & arson11
  • Public order10
  • Anti-social behaviour6

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Brigg and Wolds · Humberside

Local policing priorities

  • Traffic offences are a key issue for rural areas in NL, whether this be speeding, weight restriction compliance, drink/drug driving, seat…
  • Drug intelligence and disruption in the ward areas. Raised through NAT meetings and concerns from members of the public, through the rele…

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

Road safety

314 reported road collisions (2024)

94 killed or seriously injured · 454 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

87 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 71 rated 4–5 ★ (60 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Brigg (0.5 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Brigg (0.5 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£181,725 average 7.8% YoY

Across North Lincolnshire · to 2026-06

Detached£254,601
Semi-detached£164,372
Terraced£133,278
Flat£78,195

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£653 average monthly rent 6.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £472
  • 2 bed £617
  • 3 bed £751

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

Affordability

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (8.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (8.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: The Angel Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

169,680 residents in North Lincolnshire · 200/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 120 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,348 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 78,120)

A £1,566
B £1,827
C £2,088
D £2,348
E £2,870
F £3,392
G £3,914
H £4,697

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

Schools

93 schools · 23,998 pupils

62 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 30 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Outwood Academy FoxhillsOutstanding
  • Engineering UTC Northern LincolnshireGood
  • Frederick Gough SchoolGood
  • Melior Community AcademyGood
  • Outwood Academy BrumbyGood
  • South Axholme AcademyGood
  • St Bede's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
  • The Axholme AcademyGood
  • The St Lawrence AcademyRequires improvement
  • Kirton AcademyInadequate
  • Baysgarth School
  • Sir John Nelthorpe School
  • The Vale Academy
  • Winterton Community Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Lincolnshire

Care & health services

132 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes59
  • GP practices26
  • Dentists21
  • Homecare agencies19
  • Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Lincolnshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Brigg Conservation area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 81 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

165 applications decided

87.3% granted · 144 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Martin Vickers

Conservative

Brigg and Immingham

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 15
  • Con 27
  • Ref 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,835 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

116 jobs advertised · £35,951 avg

e.g. PPA Portfolio Development Manager, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, FLT Manufacturing Operative

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£716 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,892 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,042 certificates

14.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

91% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 47% · Wind 42% · Imports 6% · Gas 3%

69 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 77.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.6 women · 58.7 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brigg and Immingham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Buttercross, Brigg · 0.0 km

    The Buttercross, also known as Brigg Town Hall, is a municipal building in the Market Place in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England. The structure, which is used as a tourist information centre and as an events venue, is a Gr…

  • Sir John Nelthorpe School · 0.3 km

    The Sir John Nelthorpe School is a secondary school and sixth form on Grammar School Road and Wrawby Road in Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England. The present school was established in 1976, and has a timeline through e…

  • Brigg · 0.5 km

    Brigg (/'brɪg/) is a market town and civil parish in the North Lincolnshire district, in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in the 2001 UK census, the population increased to 5,626 at the 2011 census. T…

  • Brigg railway station · 0.5 km

    Brigg railway station serves the town of Brigg in North Lincolnshire, England. It opened on 1 November 1848. It is currently managed by Northern Trains, who also operate all passenger trains serving it.

  • Bigby Road Bridge railway station · 0.8 km

    Bigby Road Bridge railway station served the town of Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England, from 1852 to 1882 on the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway.

  • The Vale Academy · 0.8 km

    The Vale Academy is a co-educational secondary school with academy status on Atherton Way in the market town of Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Brigg?
Brigg is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the North Lincolnshire local authority.
What is the population of Brigg?
Brigg has an approximate settlement population of 6,787.
How deprived is Brigg?
The North Lincolnshire local authority, which includes Brigg, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.