Lincoln

22°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 15° · 47% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

884 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences284
• Anti-social behaviour219
• Shoplifting105
• Public order63

Neighbourhood team: Lincoln City Centre · Lincolnshire

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

184 reported road collisions (2024)

29 killed or seriously injured · 212 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 448 rated 4–5 ★ (420 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Lincoln (0.2 km)
• 65 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£183,298 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Lincoln · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£944 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £661
• 2 bed £830
• 3 bed £992

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (5.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Lincoln Transport Hub (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches24
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Ermine residents choose eight community projects to receive funding· 10 Sept 2026
• £270,000 Government funding secured to improve three Lincoln play areas· 8 Sept 2026
• Only days to go until Lincoln’s free music festival returns to the city centre· 1 Sept 2026
• Tour of Britain Men – Stage One: Everything you need to know· 26 Aug 2026
• City of Lincoln Council's radon programme is helping keep Lincoln homes safe· 25 Aug 2026

Source: Lincoln Council

103,811 residents in Lincoln · 2,909/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 69%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 68 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,323 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (61% of 47,680)

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

43 schools · 14,960 pupils

23 primary · 6 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 12 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lincoln

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

• In a conservation area (Cathedral and City Centre)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 410 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

83 applications decided

85.5% granted · 71 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Hamish Falconer

Labour

Lincoln

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 17
• Con 2
• LD 7
• Grn 1
• Ref 4
• Oth 2

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens204
• Restaurants & cafés171

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,534 jobs advertised · £38,551 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, FPGA Engineer, Sous Chef

Source: Adzuna

£683 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£18,723 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,157 certificates

13.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

37% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Solar 18% · Biomass 18% · Imports 3%

261 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80.3 yrs women · 78.1 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.2
• Happiness yesterday6.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lincoln:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership555 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s372 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office349 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases301 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test272 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Sincil Dike · 0.0 km

  Sincil Dike also known as Sincil Dyke is a river in Lincolnshire, England.

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  Lincoln Transport Hub · 0.1 km

  The Lincoln Transport Hub is a transport interchange located in Lincoln city centre in Lincolnshire, England. It connects Lincoln railway station with the Central Bus Station across a pedestrianised plaza on St Mary's…

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  Lincoln railway station · 0.1 km

  Lincoln railway station serves the city of Lincoln, in Lincolnshire, England. The station is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway, which provides the majority of services from the station, along…

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  Corn Exchange, Lincoln · 0.1 km

  The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Sincil Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The structure, which is now used as a restaurant and shops, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Exchange Arcade, Lincoln · 0.2 km

  The Exchange Arcade is a shopping mall on Cornhill in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The structure, which was commissioned as a corn exchange, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Empowerment (sculpture) · 0.2 km

  Empowerment is a public sculpture in the centre of the city of Lincoln in England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)