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Canwick

Canwick is a village in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 324. It has around 1 GP surgery or clinic, 4 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and around 50 restaurants and cafés. There were around 195 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. It has 20 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Lincoln, 1.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Canwick area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Lincoln area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 103,811 residents at roughly 2,909 people per km².

Council
Lincoln
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Lincoln
Police force
Lincolnshire
34/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 268th of 294 English council areas — better than 9% of them.

Low crime3
Home affordability92
Affordable rents64
Good schools19
Life expectancy9
Low deprivation21
Employment34
Low council tax76

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

16°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 49% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

220 reported · July 2026 18% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences71
  • Anti-social behaviour69
  • Public order14
  • Criminal damage & arson12

Neighbourhood team: Washingborough and Metheringham · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Targeting youth related anti-social behaviour

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 446 rated 4–5 ★ (414 top)
  • 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Lincoln (1.7 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Lincoln Central (1.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£183,298 average 0.5% YoY

Across Lincoln · to 2026-06

Detached£303,854
Semi-detached£203,901
Terraced£157,811
Flat£105,144

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (7.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (5.2 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

61 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Canwick Rd (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches18
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,323 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,549
B £1,807
C £2,065
D £2,323
E £2,839
F £3,356
G £3,872
H £4,646

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • The Priory Academy LSSTGood
  • St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • The Priory City of Lincoln AcademyRequires improvement
  • Lincoln Castle AcademyInadequate
  • Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
  • Lincoln UTC

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lincoln

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

83 applications decided

85.5% granted · 71 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative

Sleaford and North Hykeham

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

122 jobs advertised · £35,888 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician, Vehicle Accessory Fitter, Sous Chef

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 70% · Biomass 21% · Wind 5% · Imports 3%

301 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 80.3 yrs women · 78.1 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sleaford and North Hykeham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Canwick · 0.1 km

    Canwick is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 324. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) south from Lincoln.

  • International Bomber Command Centre · 0.3 km

    The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) is a memorial and interpretation centre overlooking the city of Lincoln, England, and telling the story of RAF Bomber Command's extensive losses of aircraft and crews dur…

  • Canwick Road Old Cemetery · 0.7 km

    Canwick Road Old Cemetery also known as The Old Cemetery or Canwick Road Cemetery was built in 1856 near the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. The cemetery opened in 1856 and had two chapels of ease designed b…

  • Sincil Bank · 1.1 km

    Sincil Bank Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as ProAmpac Stadium, is a football stadium in Lincoln, England, which has been the home of Lincoln City since 1895. Previously, Lincoln City had played at the nearby…

  • The Old Deanery, Lincoln · 1.2 km

    The Old Deanery, Lincoln was the official residence of the Dean of Lincoln. It was a spacious building set around a courtyard. The Deanery is thought to have been started in 1254 by Richard de Gravesend, who became De…

  • Hospital of the Holy Innocents · 1.2 km

    The Hospital of the Holy Innocents, or the Melandry was a Leper Hospital on South Park common in Lincoln, England. It was founded in the late 11th or early 12th century either by Bishop Remigius or Henry I. It was pos…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Canwick?
Canwick is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the Lincoln local authority.
What is the population of Canwick?
Canwick has an approximate settlement population of 324.
How deprived is Canwick?
The Lincoln local authority, which includes Canwick, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.