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Ingoldmells

Ingoldmells is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 3,975. It has one GP surgery, two pharmacies, around 51 restaurants and cafés, 20 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Walls Lane, 1.3 km away. There were around 70 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 Ingoldmells area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Lindsey area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 142,296 residents at roughly 80 people per km².

Council
East Lindsey
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Boston and Skegness
Police force
Lincolnshire
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 147th of 294 English council areas — better than 50% of them.

Low crime54
Home affordability69
Affordable rents86
Good schools38
Life expectancy30
Low deprivation9
Employment52
Low council tax86

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

16°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 15° · 58% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:21

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

118 reported · July 2026 26% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences59
  • Anti-social behaviour21
  • Shoplifting9
  • Other theft7

Neighbourhood team: Ingoldmells and Chapel St. Leonards · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Drugs and related anti-social behaviour
  • Retail crime

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

Road safety

383 reported road collisions (2024)

88 killed or seriously injured · 523 casualties · 26.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

271 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 235 rated 4–5 ★ (216 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Walls Lane (1.8 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Skegness (5.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£216,315 average 7.4% YoY

Across East Lindsey · to 2026-06

Detached£280,373
Semi-detached£188,388
Terraced£147,607
Flat£93,857

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£699 average monthly rent 6.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £519
  • 2 bed £662
  • 3 bed £814

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

Affordability

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (4.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (4.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: North Shore Hotel & Golf Course (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches2
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

142,296 residents in East Lindsey · 80/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 55%
  • 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 30 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,276 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 72,750)

A £1,517
B £1,770
C £2,023
D £2,276
E £2,782
F £3,287
G £3,793
H £4,552

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

Schools

76 schools · 16,934 pupils

57 primary · 12 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 29 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

74inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • John Spendluffe Foundation Technology CollegeGood
  • King Edward VI AcademyGood
  • King Edward VI Grammar SchoolGood
  • Louth AcademyGood
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective AcademyGood
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, HorncastleGood
  • Skegness Grammar SchoolGood
  • Skegness AcademyRequires improvement
  • William Lovell Church of England AcademyRequires improvement
  • Somercotes Academy
  • The Banovallum School
  • The Barnes Wallis Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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
  • 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

173 applications decided

96% granted · 166 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Richard Tice

Reform UK

Boston and Skegness

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 6
  • Con 26
  • LD 1
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 15

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés45

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

39 jobs advertised · £31,259 avg

e.g. Firehouse Grill Sous Chef, Pool Plant Technician, Lifeguard Team Member Plus

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£646 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,534 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

33% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,267 certificates

14.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

29% low-carbon electricity

Gas 67% · Biomass 22% · Wind 5% · Imports 4%

292 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.9 yrs men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Boston and Skegness:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Ingoldmells · 0.3 km

    Ingoldmells is a coastal village, civil parish and resort in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A52, and 3 miles (5 km) north from the resort town of Skegness.

  • The Odyssey (roller coaster) · 0.9 km

    The Odyssey is a roller coaster at Fantasy Island in Ingoldmells, England. Built by Vekoma of the Netherlands in 2002, its original name was chosen to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. It is Vekoma…

  • Millennium Roller Coaster · 0.9 km

    Millennium is a roller coaster at Fantasy Island in Ingoldmells, United Kingdom. It was built by Vekoma, a Dutch roller coaster manufacturer, to celebrate the arrival of the new millennium but despite its name, was op…

  • Fantasy Island (amusement park) · 0.9 km

    Fantasy Island Resort is a resort theme park located in Ingoldmells on the east coast of Lincolnshire, UK. It opened in 1995 and is owned by the Mellors Group. The park features an outdoor selection of rides as well a…

  • 2004 Ingoldmells bus crash · 1.0 km

    At around 17:00 BST on 11 April 2004, a double-decker bus was involved in a collision with a car and a number of pedestrians outside the Fantasy Island amusement park on Sea Lane in Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, England.…

  • Addlethorpe · 1.1 km

    Addlethorpe is a small village situated just off the A52 west of Ingoldmells in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Ingoldmells?
Ingoldmells is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the East Lindsey local authority.
What is the population of Ingoldmells?
Ingoldmells has an approximate settlement population of 3,975.
How deprived is Ingoldmells?
The East Lindsey local authority, which includes Ingoldmells, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.