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Gunness

Gunness is a village in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 2,253. The nearest railway station is Althorpe, located 2.2 km away. There were around 20 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 Gunness area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Lincolnshire area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 169,680 residents at roughly 200 people per km².

Council
North Lincolnshire
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Brigg and Goole
Police force
Humberside
45/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 185th of 294 English council areas — better than 37% of them.

Low crime40
Home affordability92
Affordable rents98
Good schools7
Life expectancy15
Low deprivation38
Employment41
Low council tax71

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

17°CLight drizzle

  • Today: 21° / 10° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:33

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

15 reported · July 2026 25% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences6
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Public order2
  • Vehicle crime2

Neighbourhood team: Burringham and Gunness · Humberside

Local policing priorities

  • This month will see a rise in Shop thefts in and around the retail parks. We continue to see a number of shop thefts on Gallagher Retail…

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

Road safety

314 reported road collisions (2024)

94 killed or seriously injured · 454 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

44 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 33 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Althorpe (0.7 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Althorpe (0.7 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£181,725 average 7.8% YoY

Across North Lincolnshire · to 2026-06

Detached£254,601
Semi-detached£164,372
Terraced£133,278
Flat£78,195

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£653 average monthly rent 6.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £472
  • 2 bed £617
  • 3 bed £751

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 (5.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Asda (4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

14 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Extra-Scunthorpe (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

169,680 residents in North Lincolnshire · 200/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 120 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,348 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 78,120)

A £1,566
B £1,827
C £2,088
D £2,348
E £2,870
F £3,392
G £3,914
H £4,697

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

Schools

93 schools · 23,998 pupils

62 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 30 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Outwood Academy FoxhillsOutstanding
  • Engineering UTC Northern LincolnshireGood
  • Frederick Gough SchoolGood
  • Melior Community AcademyGood
  • Outwood Academy BrumbyGood
  • South Axholme AcademyGood
  • St Bede's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
  • The Axholme AcademyGood
  • The St Lawrence AcademyRequires improvement
  • Kirton AcademyInadequate
  • Baysgarth School
  • Sir John Nelthorpe School
  • The Vale Academy
  • Winterton Community Academy

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

Care & health services

132 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes59
  • GP practices26
  • Dentists21
  • Homecare agencies19
  • Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Lincolnshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

165 applications decided

87.3% granted · 144 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Labour

Scunthorpe

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 15
  • Con 27
  • Ref 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,835 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

11 jobs advertised · £10,000 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Gunness – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£716 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,892 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 · 77,042 certificates

14.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

82% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 41% · Wind 39% · Gas 13% · Imports 6%

99 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 77.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.6 women · 58.7 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Scunthorpe:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Gunness · 0.3 km

    Gunness is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, on the east bank of the River Trent, 3 miles (5 km) west of Scunthorpe. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,462.

  • Gunhouse Wharf railway station · 0.4 km

    Gunhouse Wharf railway station was a goods station in Gunness, Lincolnshire. It was built by the Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway to serve a small wharf on the River Trent. It left the main line at Gunhouse Junct…

  • Gunness and Burringham railway station · 0.6 km

    Gunness railway station, later suffixed "and Burringham", is a former railway station in Gunness, Lincolnshire. Today trains call at the nearby Althorpe.

  • Keadby Bridge · 0.6 km

    Keadby Bridge, more formally known as the King George V Bridge, crosses the River Trent near Althorpe and Keadby in Lincolnshire, England. It was designed by Alfred Charles Gardner FRSE MIME.

  • Althorpe railway station · 0.7 km

    Althorpe railway station serves the village of Althorpe in North Lincolnshire, England. The station is also very close to the villages of Keadby, Gunness and Burringham.

  • Keadby railway station · 1.0 km

    The original Keadby railway station was the easternmost terminus of the South Yorkshire Railway. The railway, which was extended from Thorne and opened in September 1859 was built without an Act of Parliament, as the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Gunness?
Gunness is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the North Lincolnshire local authority.
What is the population of Gunness?
Gunness has an approximate settlement population of 2,253.
How deprived is Gunness?
The North Lincolnshire local authority, which includes Gunness, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.