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Crowland

Crowland is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 4,211. It has around 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and 7 restaurants and cafés, along with 11 bus stops. There were around 28 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 Crowland area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Holland area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 95,122 residents at roughly 127 people per km².

Council
South Holland
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
South Holland and The Deepings
Police force
Lincolnshire
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 97th of 294 English council areas — better than 67% of them.

Low crime86
Home affordability58
Affordable rents70
Good schools19
Life expectancy45
Low deprivation45
Employment54
Low council tax85

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

18°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 69% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:23

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

27 reported · July 2026 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Public order2
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Spalding Rural South · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Dealing with and tackling anti-social behaviour. To deal with anti-social vehicle and fatal 5 offences.

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

Road safety

181 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 249 casualties · 19 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

22 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Peterborough (12.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£231,036 average 7.6% YoY

Across South Holland · to 2026-06

Detached£287,628
Semi-detached£195,158
Terraced£156,837
Flat£95,867

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£768 average monthly rent 3.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £588
  • 2 bed £733
  • 3 bed £894

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

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 133.9p · BP (10.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (10.8 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: SHDC Crowland (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

95,122 residents in South Holland · 127/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 144 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,278 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (37% of 44,760)

A £1,519
B £1,772
C £2,025
D £2,278
E £2,784
F £3,291
G £3,797
H £4,556

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

Schools

48 schools · 13,743 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

45inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Spalding High SchoolOutstanding
  • Spalding Grammar SchoolGood
  • University Academy Long SuttonRequires improvement
  • Cowley Academy
  • Spalding Academy
  • University Academy Holbeach

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

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

  • In a conservation area (Crowland)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

147 applications decided

81.6% granted · 120 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir John Hayes

Conservative

South Holland and The Deepings

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

Conservative majority

  • Con 19
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Music Tutoring Job in Crowland – Flexible Schedule, Become a Music Tutor in Crowland – Flexible & Remote, Online Graphic Design Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£673 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,847 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 · 48,715 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

71% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 44% · Gas 28% · Wind 26% · Nuclear 1%

163 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Holland and The Deepings:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Trinity Bridge, Crowland · 0.0 km

    Trinity Bridge or the Triangular Bridge is a unique three-way stone arch bridge that stands at the heart of Crowland, Lincolnshire, England. While it once spanned the divergence of the River Welland and a distributary…

  • Crowland · 0.0 km

    Crowland or Croyland is a town and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between Peterborough and Spalding. Crowland contains two sites of historical interest, Crowland Ab…

  • Crowland Abbey · 0.2 km

    Crowland Abbey is a Church of England parish church, formerly part of a Benedictine abbey church, in Crowland in the English county of Lincolnshire. It is a Grade I listed building.

  • Fitton End · 3.5 km

    Fitton End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Newton-in-the-Isle, in the Fenland district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It has a population of 70.

  • Borough Fen · 3.9 km

    Borough Fen is a civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority in Cambridgeshire, England. The parish is to the north of Peterborough city centre, just below the county border with Lincolnshire. Much of t…

  • Stowgate · 4.7 km

    Stowgate is a hamlet and shrunken village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3 km) north-east from Deeping St James, and is linked to the Deepings group of v…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Crowland?
Crowland is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the South Holland local authority.
What is the population of Crowland?
Crowland has an approximate settlement population of 4,211.
How deprived is Crowland?
The South Holland local authority, which includes Crowland, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.