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North Hykeham

North Hykeham is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 18,000. It has 1 school, 3 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and around 11 restaurants and cafés, with 51 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Hykeham, 1.2 km away. In June 2026, there were around 121 recorded street crimes, 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 North Hykeham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Lincoln area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 103,811 residents at roughly 2,909 people per km².

Council
Lincoln
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Lincoln
Police force
Lincolnshire
34/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 268th of 294 English council areas — better than 9% of them.

Low crime3
Home affordability92
Affordable rents64
Good schools19
Life expectancy9
Low deprivation21
Employment34
Low council tax76

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°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 66% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:25

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: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

117 reported · July 2026 34% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences52
  • Anti-social behaviour24
  • Criminal damage & arson10
  • Public order6

Neighbourhood team: Hykeham Town · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Targeting youth related anti-social behaviour

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

186 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 174 rated 4–5 ★ (166 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Hykeham (1.6 km)
  • 54 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hykeham (1.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£183,298 average 0.5% YoY

Across Lincoln · to 2026-06

Detached£303,854
Semi-detached£203,901
Terraced£157,811
Flat£105,144

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · BP (2.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (5.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

58 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: One NK (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Sports pitches29
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,323 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,549
B £1,807
C £2,065
D £2,323
E £2,839
F £3,356
G £3,872
H £4,646

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • The Priory Academy LSSTGood
  • St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • The Priory City of Lincoln AcademyRequires improvement
  • Lincoln Castle AcademyInadequate
  • Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
  • Lincoln UTC

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lincoln

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
  • 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

83 applications decided

85.5% granted · 71 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Caroline Johnson

Conservative

Sleaford and North Hykeham

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

56 jobs advertised · £37,257 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Accounts Administrator, Groundworker Cscs

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Biomass 37% · Wind 13% · Imports 5%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 80.3 yrs women · 78.1 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sleaford and North Hykeham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • North Hykeham · 0.0 km

    North Hykeham is a town and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located directly south of the city of Lincoln, where it forms the southern part of the wider Lincoln Urban Area a…

  • North Hykeham Priory · 0.2 km

    North Hykeham Priory was a priory in Lincolnshire, England.

  • Sir Robert Pattinson Academy · 0.5 km

    Sir Robert Pattinson Academy is a secondary school on the northeast side of Moor Lane in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, England. Also known as RP, Lincoln City used the field as temporary training grounds. The Academy h…

  • North Kesteven Academy · 0.7 km

    North Kesteven Academy is a co-educational academy school on Moor Lane, off the A1434 at North Hykeham, in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.

  • Forum, North Hykeham · 1.3 km

    Forum is a suburb and ward of North Hykeham in Lincolnshire, England. It is one of the six wards of North Hykeham Town Council. It had a population of 1,838 at the 2021 census.

  • Hykeham railway station · 1.6 km

    Hykeham railway station serves the town of North Hykeham and Lincoln city suburbs of Birchwood and Boultham Moor in Lincolnshire, England. The station is on the Nottingham to Lincoln Central Line. It is owned by Netwo…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is North Hykeham?
North Hykeham is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the Lincoln local authority.
How deprived is North Hykeham?
The Lincoln local authority, which includes North Hykeham, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.