Sutton St James
Sutton St James is a village in Lincolnshire, England. It features around 1 restaurant or café and has 6 bus stops. There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sutton St James area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the South Holland area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 95,122 residents at roughly 127 people per km².
- Council
- South Holland
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings
- Police force
- Lincolnshire
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 107th of 294 English council areas — better than 64% of them.
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
7°CClear
- Today: 12° / 7° · 10% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:22
9h 18m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
26US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Hull Freetown, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
3 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY
- Criminal damage & arson1
- Vehicle crime1
- Violence & sexual offences1
Neighbourhood team: The Suttons · Lincolnshire
Local policing priorities
- Youth anti-social behaviour. To deal with anti-social vehicle and Fatal 5 offences
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
210 reported road collisions (2025)
36 killed or seriously injured · 261 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
7 food businesses within 2 miles
- 6 rated 4–5 ★ (5 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 6 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£226,156 average▲ 1.8% YoY
Across South Holland · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£775 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY
- 1 bed £593
- 2 bed £739
- 3 bed £902
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
7.8× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
1,432 property sales in the last 12 months
12 months to May 2026
A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05
EV charging
5 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 7 kW
- Nearest: Canebuzo (6.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
95,122 residents in South Holland · 127/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 59%
- 65+: 24%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,125
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,319
- Net moves+1,806
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
More deprived than the average in England
Ranked 100 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,278 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band A (37% of 44,760)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
48 schools · 13,743 pupils
36 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other
Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)
45 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Spalding High SchoolOutstanding
- Spalding Grammar SchoolGood
- University Academy Long SuttonRequires improvement
- Cowley Academy
- Spalding Academy
- University Academy Holbeach
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Holland
Care & health services
710 CQC-registered services
- Care homes284
- GP practices108
- Dentists126
- Homecare agencies128
- Hospitals & hospices26
CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Lincolnshire
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
140 applications decided
74.3% granted · 104 granted, 36 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Sir John Hayes
Conservative
South Holland and The Deepings
Recent votes:
- NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
- NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
- NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
- NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Conservative majority
- Con 19
- Ref 6
- Oth 12
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- Parks & greens2
- Restaurants & cafés1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,540 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
1 jobs advertised
e.g. Technical Sales Manager
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£673 median full-time weekly pay
3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£21,847 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
40% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 48,715 certificates
11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
76% low-carbon electricity
Wind 40% · Biomass 32% · Gas 20% · Imports 4%
115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Lincolnshire): 58.6 women · 58.6 men
71% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.7
- Feeling worthwhile8.0
- Happiness yesterday7.6
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in PE12
- Holbeach Medical Centre
- Moulton Medical Centre
- Long Sutton Medical Ctr.
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Holland and The Deepings:
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases517 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects305 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills207 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth176 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND174 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Sutton St James · 0.2 kmSutton St James is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England, about four miles (6.4 km) south-west of Long Sutton.
Grange Farm Arboretum · 0.9 kmThe Grange Farm Arboretum is a small private arboretum comprising 3 hectares accommodating over 800 trees, mostly native and ornamental species or cultivars, notably oaks, ashes, walnuts and elms, growing on a calcare…
Tydd St Giles · 3.5 kmTydd St Giles is a village and civil parish in Fenland, Cambridgeshire, England. It is the northernmost village in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, on the same latitude as Midlands towns such as Loughborough and Shrew…
Gedney Broadgate · 4.2 kmGedney Broadgate is a hamlet in the civil parish of Gedney and the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated west from the A17 road, 1 mile (1.6 km) south from Gedney, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west…
- Holbeach Fen · 4.4 km
Holbeach Fen is a fenland settlement and area in the South Holland district of southern Lincolnshire, England. It is 3 miles (5 km) south from Holbeach and 3 miles north-west from Sutton St James.
Tydd St Mary · 4.9 kmTydd St Mary is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) east of the town of Spalding and about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. The ci…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sutton St James?
- Sutton St James is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the South Holland local authority.
- How deprived is Sutton St James?
- The South Holland local authority, which includes Sutton St James, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.