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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 more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). 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
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 107th of 294 English council areas — better than 64% of them.

Low crime86
Home affordability58
Affordable rents69
Good schools19
Life expectancy42
Low deprivation34
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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 9° · 58% rain
  • Tomorrow: 13° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 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)

  • 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

36 reported · August 2026▲ 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences17
  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Burglary4
  • Public order3

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

210 reported road collisions (2025)

36 killed or seriously injured · 261 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

22 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 20 rated 4–5 ★ (18 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

£226,156 average▲ 1.8% YoY

Across South Holland · to 2026-08

Detached£281,302
Semi-detached£190,596
Terraced£154,612
Flat£95,015

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£775 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £593
  • 2 bed £739
  • 3 bed £902

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 (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,432 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 (9.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (9.7 km)

4 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,125
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,319
  • Net moves+1,806

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 100 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

45 inspected 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 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 (Crowland)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

140 applications decided

74.3% granted · 104 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir John Hayes

Conservative

South Holland and The Deepings

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

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

4,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Salaried GP 4 - 6 Sessions per Week

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

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: 83.9 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

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

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

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 South Holland and The Deepings:

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

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 more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.