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Market Deeping

Market Deeping is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 13,574. It has around 17 restaurants and cafés, 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and 39 bus stops. There were around 59 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 Market Deeping area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Kesteven area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 143,405 residents at roughly 152 people per km².

Council
South Kesteven
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
South Holland and The Deepings
Police force
Lincolnshire
75/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 4th of 294 English council areas — better than 99% of them.

Low crime83
Home affordability58
Affordable rents72
Good schools76
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation74
Employment62
Low council tax88

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

14°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:33

13h 10m 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 · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

54 reported · July 2026 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences21
  • Anti-social behaviour16
  • Criminal damage & arson7
  • Shoplifting3

Neighbourhood team: Market Deeping and Uffington · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour in and around the skate parks of Stamford, Bourne and Deeping St James

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

Road safety

306 reported road collisions (2024)

66 killed or seriously injured · 407 casualties · 21.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

92 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 79 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stamford (11.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£255,363 average 2.2% YoY

Across South Kesteven · to 2026-06

Detached£367,305
Semi-detached£236,864
Terraced£190,001
Flat£111,111

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£843 average monthly rent 0.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £583
  • 2 bed £755
  • 3 bed £912

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

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 133.9p · BP (1.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (1.5 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 100 kW
  • Nearest: Deeping Centre (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches13
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

143,405 residents in South Kesteven · 152/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 234 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,260 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (30% of 67,490)

A £1,507
B £1,758
C £2,009
D £2,260
E £2,762
F £3,264
G £3,767
H £4,520

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

Schools

77 schools · 23,574 pupils

52 primary · 10 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 28 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

67inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Kesteven and Grantham Girls' SchoolOutstanding
  • Bourne Grammar SchoolGood
  • Stamford Welland AcademyGood
  • The King's School, GranthamGood
  • Walton AcademyGood
  • West Grantham Church of England Secondary AcademyGood
  • Bourne Academy
  • Charles Read Academy
  • The Deepings School
  • The Priory Ruskin Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Kesteven

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
  • 104 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

221 applications decided

90% granted · 199 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir John Hayes

Conservative

South Holland and The Deepings

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 2
  • Con 17
  • LD 3
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 26

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens20
  • Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

27 jobs advertised · £35,142 avg

e.g. Commercial Gas Engineer, HVAC Engineer, Cooked Food Production Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£706 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,860 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,658 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

26% low-carbon electricity

Gas 72% · Biomass 21% · Wind 4% · Imports 3%

307 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • 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 South Holland and The Deepings:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Market Deeping Town Hall · 0.1 km

    Market Deeping Town Hall is a municipal structure in the Market Place, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Market Deeping Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Market Deeping · 0.1 km

    Market Deeping is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, on the north bank of the River Welland and the A15 road. The population of the town at the 2011 census was 6,008.

  • St Guthlac's Church, Market Deeping · 0.3 km

    Saint Guthlac's Church, Market Deeping is a parish church of the Church of England in Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England.

  • Deeping St James · 1.3 km

    Deeping St James is a large village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish was reported as 7,051 at the 2011 census.

  • The Deepings · 1.3 km

    The Deepings are a series of settlements close to the River Welland near the borders of southern Lincolnshire and north western Cambridgeshire in eastern England. Peterborough is about 8 miles to the south, Spalding a…

  • Deeping Gate · 1.3 km

    Deeping Gate is a village and civil parish, lying on the River Welland in Cambridgeshire. Traditionally, the area was part of the Soke of Peterborough, geographically considered a part of Northamptonshire; it now fall…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Market Deeping?
Market Deeping is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the South Kesteven local authority.
What is the population of Market Deeping?
Market Deeping has an approximate settlement population of 13,574.
How deprived is Market Deeping?
The South Kesteven local authority, which includes Market Deeping, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.