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Stamford

Stamford is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 20,592. It has 3 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, 38 restaurants & cafés, and 65 bus stops, with the nearest railway station being Stamford, 1 km away. The average sold house price is around £431,070, and there were around 118 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 Stamford 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
Grantham and Stamford
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

21°CCloudy

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 46% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:24

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Northampton Spring Park, United Kingdom

Crime

143 reported · July 2026 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences49
  • Anti-social behaviour35
  • Shoplifting14
  • Criminal damage & arson13

Neighbourhood team: Stamford Town · 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

186 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 163 rated 4–5 ★ (136 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stamford (0.3 km)
  • 41 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stamford (0.4 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 (11.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (11.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: North Street (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches27
  • Golf courses1
  • 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
  • 454 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

Alicia Kearns

Conservative

Rutland and Stamford

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026

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

  • Schools11
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens27
  • Restaurants & cafés54

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

289 jobs advertised · £33,288 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Peterborough, Mobile Mechanic, Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Biomass 25% · Solar 11% · Imports 3%

261 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 Rutland and Stamford:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Kings Mill, Stamford · 0.0 km

    King's Mill is a former watermill on Bath Row, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, at the bottom of the sloping road called St Peter's Vale. There is said to have been a mill on this site at the time of the Domesday surv…

  • Browne's Hospital, Stamford · 0.3 km

    Browne's Hospital is a medieval almshouse in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. It was founded in 1485 by wealthy wool merchant William Browne to provide a home and a house of prayer for twelve poor men and two poor women.

  • All Saints' Church, Stamford · 0.3 km

    All Saints' Church, Stamford is an historic parish church, of the Church of England, in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. It is on the north side of Red Lion Square.

  • St John the Baptist's Church, Stamford · 0.3 km

    St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the centre of the town of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed buildin…

  • Stamford railway station · 0.3 km

    Stamford railway station serves the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, England, and is located in St Martin's. The station is 12.5 miles (20 km) west of Peterborough. It was opened by the Syston and Peterborough Railwa…

  • George Hotel, Stamford · 0.4 km

    The George Hotel is a hotel and former coaching inn on the route of the Great North Road in St Martin's, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. The hotel itself and numbers 68 and 69 St Martin's, which has been incorporated…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Stamford?
Stamford is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the South Kesteven local authority.
What is the population of Stamford?
Stamford has an approximate settlement population of 20,592.
How deprived is Stamford?
The South Kesteven local authority, which includes Stamford, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.