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Grimsby

Grimsby is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 86,138. It has around 72 restaurants and cafés, 8 pharmacies, 7 GP surgeries, 3 supermarkets, and 1 school, along with 76 bus stops and Grimsby Town railway station 0.7 km away. The average sold house price is around £171,025, and there were around 954 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 Grimsby area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North East Lincolnshire area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 156,966 residents at roughly 815 people per km².

Council
North East Lincolnshire
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Great Grimsby
Police force
Humberside
41/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 216th of 294 English council areas — better than 27% of them.

Low crime10
Home affordability95
Affordable rents99
Good schools71
Life expectancy8
Low deprivation21
Employment25
Low council tax38

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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 19° / 14° · 52% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:23

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: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

977 reported · July 2026 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences367
  • Shoplifting151
  • Criminal damage & arson87
  • Public order70

49 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hainton & Heneage · Humberside

Local policing priorities

  • Drug supply and Use
  • Retail Crime

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

Road safety

357 reported road collisions (2024)

98 killed or seriously injured · 448 casualties · 22.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 369 rated 4–5 ★ (310 top)
  • 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Grimsby Town (0.8 km)
  • 76 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Grimsby Town (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£151,132 average 7.1% YoY

Across North East Lincolnshire · to 2026-06

Detached£245,334
Semi-detached£158,341
Terraced£119,722
Flat£76,533

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£633 average monthly rent 5.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £446
  • 2 bed £571
  • 3 bed £667

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

Affordability

4.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.9 times median annual pay (4.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (0.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (0.3 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Wellington Street (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres6
  • Gyms10
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches31
  • Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

156,966 residents in North East Lincolnshire · 815/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 66 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

30% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,484 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (51% of 75,860)

A £1,656
B £1,932
C £2,208
D £2,484
E £3,036
F £3,588
G £4,140
H £4,968

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

Schools

74 schools · 23,159 pupils

49 primary · 10 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 24 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Havelock AcademyGood
  • Healing AcademyGood
  • Ormiston Maritime AcademyGood
  • Waltham Toll Bar AcademyGood
  • Beacon Academy
  • Cleethorpes Academy
  • Humberston Academy
  • John Whitgift Academy
  • Oasis Academy Immingham
  • Oasis Academy Wintringham

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

Care & health services

150 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes56
  • GP practices23
  • Dentists23
  • Homecare agencies26
  • Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North East Lincolnshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

119 applications decided

94.1% granted · 112 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Melanie Onn

Labour

Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Recent votes:

  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK (minority)

  • Lab 11
  • Con 10
  • LD 3
  • Ref 14
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools17
  • GPs & clinics8
  • Pharmacies9
  • Supermarkets8
  • Parks & greens31
  • Restaurants & cafés101

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,655 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

661 jobs advertised · £37,568 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutoring Job in New Waltham – Flexible Schedule, House Cleaning Jobs, Field Expert Technician (Offshore, Fire Systems)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£678 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,068 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 81,847 certificates

16.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

73% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 61% · Gas 19% · Imports 8% · Solar 8%

148 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 75.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.9 women · 54.7 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • 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 Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Grimsby · 0.4 km

    Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town in Lincolnshire, England with a population of 86,138. It is located near the mouth on the south bank of the Humber that flows to the North Sea. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleet…

  • Grimsby Combined Court Centre · 0.4 km

    Grimsby Combined Court Centre is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Town Hall Square, Grimsby, England.

  • St Mary's Church, Grimsby · 0.4 km

    St Mary's Church or its full name St Mary on the Sea Church is a Roman Catholic Parish Church in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. It was built from 1880 to 1883. It is situated on the corner of Heneage Road and Wellington Stree…

  • Grimsby Town Hall · 0.4 km

    Grimsby Town Hall is a municipal building in Town Hall Square in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. The building, which is the meeting place of North East Lincolnshire Council, is a Grade II listed building.

  • BBC Radio Humberside · 0.5 km

    BBC Radio Humberside is the BBC's local radio station serving the former county of Humberside which includes the unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East L…

  • Riverhead Exchange · 0.5 km

    Riverhead Exchange is a series of bus stops in Grimsby. It was formerly a bus station.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Grimsby?
Grimsby is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the North East Lincolnshire local authority.
What is the population of Grimsby?
Grimsby has an approximate settlement population of 86,138.
How deprived is Grimsby?
The North East Lincolnshire local authority, which includes Grimsby, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.