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Dunholme

Dunholme is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 5,625. It has around 1 pharmacy and 21 bus stops. There were around 22 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 Dunholme area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Lindsey area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 95,153 residents at roughly 82 people per km².

Council
West Lindsey
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Gainsborough
Police force
Lincolnshire
61/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 74th of 294 English council areas — better than 75% of them.

Low crime63
Home affordability77
Affordable rents91
Good schools53
Life expectancy43
Low deprivation46
Employment54
Low council tax70

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

21°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:24

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

25 reported · July 2026 9% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Other crime2

Neighbourhood team: Welton and Hemswell · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Vehicle anti-social behaviour

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

Road safety

203 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 273 casualties · 21.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

21 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 15 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Lincoln Central (9.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£210,732 average 8.9% YoY

Across West Lindsey · to 2026-06

Detached£289,923
Semi-detached£185,427
Terraced£145,520
Flat£89,980

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£744 average monthly rent 10.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £543
  • 2 bed £676
  • 3 bed £827

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

Affordability

6.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.4 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Morrisons (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (10.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Lincolnshire Co-op Food Store (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

95,153 residents in West Lindsey · 82/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 146 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,354 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (37% of 46,700)

A £1,570
B £1,831
C £2,093
D £2,354
E £2,877
F £3,401
G £3,924
H £4,709

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

Schools

60 schools · 13,855 pupils

45 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 25 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Caistor Grammar SchoolGood
  • Caistor Yarborough AcademyGood
  • The Priory Pembroke AcademyGood
  • The Queen Elizabeth's High School, GainsboroughGood
  • William Farr CofE Comprehensive SchoolGood
  • The Gainsborough AcademyRequires improvement
  • De Aston School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Lindsey

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
  • 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

131 applications decided

91.6% granted · 120 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Edward Leigh

Conservative

Gainsborough

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Con 13
  • LD 14
  • Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,140 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Dunholme – Flexible Schedule, Assistant Site Manager, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Dunholme – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£732 median full-time weekly pay

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

£23,629 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,373 certificates

13% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Biomass 21% · Solar 17% · Imports 3%

252 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 79.3 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gainsborough:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Dunholme · 0.2 km

    Dunholme is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A46 road, and 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Lincoln. The earliest written evidence concerning Dunholme…

  • Welton, Lincolnshire · 0.6 km

    Welton is a large village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was recorded as 4,327 in the 2011 census. It is geographically situated 6 miles (9.7…

  • William Farr School · 0.9 km

    William Farr School, formally William Farr C of E Comprehensive School, is a Church of England academy school for 11 to 18-year-olds in the village of Dunholme, Lincolnshire but officially in Welton, Lincolnshire, Eng…

  • Scothern · 2.2 km

    Scothern is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (10 km) north-east of the county town of Lincoln, and has approximately 1000 inhabitants. At t…

  • Ellison Boulters Academy · 2.4 km

    Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary Academy is situated in Scothern, Lincolnshire, England, on Sudbrooke Road. It has around 270 pupils, and accepts them mainly from the village of Scothern and the neighbouring…

  • RAF Dunholme Lodge · 2.6 km

    Royal Air Force Dunholme Lodge or more simply RAF Dunholme Lodge was a Royal Air Force station located between the parishes of Welton and Dunholme in Lincolnshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Dunholme?
Dunholme is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the West Lindsey local authority.
What is the population of Dunholme?
Dunholme has an approximate settlement population of 5,625.
How deprived is Dunholme?
The West Lindsey local authority, which includes Dunholme, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.