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Osgodby (West Lindsey)

Osgodby (West Lindsey) is a town or village in Lincolnshire, England. It has 4 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Market Rasen, 5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Osgodby (West Lindsey) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Lindsey area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 95,153 residents at roughly 82 people per km².

Council
West Lindsey
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Gainsborough
Police force
Lincolnshire
61/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 74th of 294 English council areas — better than 75% of them.

Low crime63
Home affordability77
Affordable rents91
Good schools53
Life expectancy43
Low deprivation46
Employment54
Low council tax70

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

22°CSunny

  • Today: 25° / 15° · 7% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:22

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 100% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Market Rasen · Lincolnshire

Local policing priorities

  • Drug supply

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

Road safety

203 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 273 casualties · 21.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

6 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 4 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Market Rasen (5.0 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Market Rasen (4.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£210,732 average 8.9% YoY

Across West Lindsey · to 2026-06

Detached£289,923
Semi-detached£185,427
Terraced£145,520
Flat£89,980

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£744 average monthly rent 10.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £543
  • 2 bed £676
  • 3 bed £827

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

Affordability

6.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.4 times median annual pay (5.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Market Rasen Leisure Centre (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

95,153 residents in West Lindsey · 82/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 146 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,354 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (37% of 46,700)

A £1,570
B £1,831
C £2,093
D £2,354
E £2,877
F £3,401
G £3,924
H £4,709

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

Schools

60 schools · 13,855 pupils

45 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 25 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Caistor Grammar SchoolGood
  • Caistor Yarborough AcademyGood
  • The Priory Pembroke AcademyGood
  • The Queen Elizabeth's High School, GainsboroughGood
  • William Farr CofE Comprehensive SchoolGood
  • The Gainsborough AcademyRequires improvement
  • De Aston School

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

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

Planning decisions

131 applications decided

91.6% granted · 120 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Edward Leigh

Conservative

Gainsborough

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Con 13
  • LD 14
  • Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,140 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£732 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,629 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,373 certificates

13% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

76% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 46% · Wind 25% · Gas 17% · Imports 7%

121 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 79.3 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gainsborough:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Chapel of Our Lady and St Joseph, Osgodby · 0.1 km

    The Chapel of Our Lady and St Joseph is an 18th Century Roman Catholic chapel of ease located in Osgodby, Lincolnshire. It is served from Holy Rood Church in Market Rasen and is the oldest surviving church in the Dioc…

  • Osgodby Hoard · 0.3 km

    The Osgodby Hoard is a Romano-British hoard of coins and metalwork found near Osgodby, Lincolnshire in 1999. The hoard was discovered in 1999 during engineering works on farmland and comprises 44 coins, a brooch and…

  • Osgodby, Lincolnshire · 0.3 km

    Osgodby is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish, including Kingerby, Kirkby and Usselby, as well as West Rasen in its own civil parish, w…

  • Kirkby cum Osgodby · 1.2 km

    Kirkby cum Osgodby, sometimes called Kirkby, is hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Osgodby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-west from Market Ra…

  • Kingerby · 1.8 km

    Kingerby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Osgodby, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) north west from the town of Market Rasen. The hamlet…

  • St Peter's Church, Kingerby · 1.8 km

    St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Kingerby, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churc…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Osgodby (West Lindsey)?
Osgodby (West Lindsey) is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the West Lindsey local authority.
How deprived is Osgodby (West Lindsey)?
The West Lindsey local authority, which includes Osgodby (West Lindsey), is around the average in England on the IoD2019.