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Waltham

Waltham is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 6,563. It has around 1 pharmacy, 2 supermarkets, and 4 restaurants and cafés, with 22 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Grimsby Town, 5.6 km away. There were around 18 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 Waltham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North East Lincolnshire area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 156,966 residents at roughly 815 people per km².

Council
North East Lincolnshire
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Cleethorpes
Police force
Humberside
41/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 210th of 294 English council areas — better than 29% of them.

Low crime10
Home affordability95
Affordable rents98
Good schools71
Life expectancy3
Low deprivation27
Employment26
Low council tax38

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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 10° · 60% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:24

9h 21m 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)

  • 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

29 reported · August 2026▲ 93% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Violence & sexual offences6
  • Other theft5
  • Vehicle crime4

Neighbourhood team: Waltham · Humberside

Local policing priorities

  • Op Yellowfin - Nuisance Motorbikes

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

Road safety

323 reported road collisions (2025)

81 killed or seriously injured · 390 casualties · 20.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

132 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 99 rated 4–5 ★ (89 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Grimsby Town (5.3 km)
  • 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Grimsby Town (5.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£146,370 average▲ 4.2% YoY

Across North East Lincolnshire · to 2026-08

Detached£235,537
Semi-detached£153,203
Terraced£116,835
Flat£74,316

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£643 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £453
  • 2 bed £580
  • 3 bed £678

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

4.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.9 times median annual pay (4.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,288 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (6.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

21 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Matthew Telford Park (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

156,966 residents in North East Lincolnshire · 815/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,577
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,854
  • Net moves+723

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 81 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

27% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,484 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (51% of 75,860)

A £1,656
B £1,932
C £2,208
D £2,484
E £3,036
F £3,588
G £4,140
H £4,968

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

Schools

73 schools · 23,098 pupils

48 primary · 10 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 24 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Havelock AcademyGood
  • Healing AcademyGood
  • Ormiston Maritime AcademyGood
  • Waltham Toll Bar AcademyGood
  • Beacon Academy
  • Cleethorpes Academy
  • Humberston Academy
  • John Whitgift Academy
  • Oasis Academy Immingham
  • Oasis Academy Wintringham

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North East Lincolnshire

Care & health services

151 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes55
  • GP practices24
  • Dentists23
  • Homecare agencies26
  • Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North East Lincolnshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Waltham)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

93 applications decided

93.5% granted · 87 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Martin Vickers

Conservative

Brigg and Immingham

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK (minority)

  • Lab 10
  • Con 10
  • LD 3
  • Ref 13
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,675 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised · £18,075 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Nights, Care Assistant - Days, Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£678 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,068 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 81,847 certificates

16.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

83% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 40% · Wind 39% · Gas 12% · Imports 5%

94 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 75.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54.9 women · 54.7 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in DN37

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brigg and Immingham:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Waltham, Lincolnshire · 0.1 km

    Waltham is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) south of Grimsby close to the suburb of Scartho and to the smaller villages of Brigsley, Barnoldby-le-Beck, and Holton le…

  • Waltham Windmill · 0.6 km

    Waltham Windmill is a six-sailed windmill located in the village of Waltham, five miles from Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is renowned in the area for having all six sails still in full working capac…

  • Barnoldby le Beck · 1.4 km

    Barnoldby le Beck is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, It is situated just east of the A18 and is close to the village of Waltham and the town of Grimsby.

  • Waltham Toll Bar Academy · 1.5 km

    Waltham Toll Bar Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form, in New Waltham, North East Lincolnshire, England.

  • RAF Grimsby · 1.9 km

    Royal Air Force Grimsby or more simply RAF Grimsby is a former Royal Air Force station located near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. The site was operational during the Second World War as part of RAF Bomber Command in…

  • Brigsley · 2.0 km

    Brigsley is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, and on the B1203 road, 1 mile (1.6 km) south from Waltham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Waltham?
Waltham is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the North East Lincolnshire local authority.
What is the population of Waltham?
Waltham has an approximate settlement population of 6,563.
How deprived is Waltham?
The North East Lincolnshire local authority, which includes Waltham, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.