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Winterton

Winterton is a town in Lincolnshire, England, with a population of around 4,899. It has around 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and 6 restaurants and cafés, along with 40 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Appleby, 7.8 km away. There were around 19 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 Winterton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Lincolnshire area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 169,680 residents at roughly 200 people per km².

Council
North Lincolnshire
County
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Brigg and Goole
Police force
Humberside
45/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 185th of 294 English council areas — better than 37% of them.

Low crime40
Home affordability92
Affordable rents98
Good schools7
Life expectancy15
Low deprivation38
Employment41
Low council tax71

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

15°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 62% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m 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

39 reported · July 2026 56% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences25
  • Criminal damage & arson5
  • Other crime3
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Burton upon Stather and Winterton · Humberside

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling anti social behaviour in Winterton
  • Disruption of drug dealing in the ward area

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

Road safety

314 reported road collisions (2024)

94 killed or seriously injured · 454 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

30 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 28 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Appleby (7.8 km)
  • 44 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Brough (8.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£181,725 average 7.8% YoY

Across North Lincolnshire · to 2026-06

Detached£254,601
Semi-detached£164,372
Terraced£133,278
Flat£78,195

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£653 average monthly rent 6.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £472
  • 2 bed £617
  • 3 bed £751

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 (5.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Asda (9.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (9.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: MFG Jet Steelmakers (7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches6
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

169,680 residents in North Lincolnshire · 200/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 120 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,348 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (46% of 78,120)

A £1,566
B £1,827
C £2,088
D £2,348
E £2,870
F £3,392
G £3,914
H £4,697

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

Schools

93 schools · 23,998 pupils

62 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 30 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Outwood Academy FoxhillsOutstanding
  • Engineering UTC Northern LincolnshireGood
  • Frederick Gough SchoolGood
  • Melior Community AcademyGood
  • Outwood Academy BrumbyGood
  • South Axholme AcademyGood
  • St Bede's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
  • The Axholme AcademyGood
  • The St Lawrence AcademyRequires improvement
  • Kirton AcademyInadequate
  • Baysgarth School
  • Sir John Nelthorpe School
  • The Vale Academy
  • Winterton Community Academy

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

Care & health services

132 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes59
  • GP practices26
  • Dentists21
  • Homecare agencies19
  • Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Lincolnshire

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Winterton Conservation area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

165 applications decided

87.3% granted · 144 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Labour

Scunthorpe

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 15
  • Con 27
  • Ref 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,835 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

10 jobs advertised · £49,050 avg

e.g. Trainee Driving Instructor - Winterton, Lincolnshire, England, Associate Dentist, Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£716 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,892 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 · 77,042 certificates

14.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

82% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 65% · Wind 15% · Imports 9% · Gas 9%

112 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 77.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.6 women · 58.7 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • 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 Scunthorpe:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Winterton, Lincolnshire · 0.1 km

    Winterton is a market town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Scunthorpe. The 2021 census found 4,765 inhabitants living in the town. Winterton is located near the banks of t…

  • All Saints Church, Winterton · 0.2 km

    All Saints Church is an Anglican church in the town of Winterton, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The church stands close to the center of the…

  • Winterton Rangers F.C. · 0.2 km

    Winterton Rangers F.C. are a football club based in Winterton, North Lincolnshire, England. They play in the Northern Counties East League Division One.

  • Winterton Community Academy · 0.4 km

    Winterton Community Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Winterton, North Lincolnshire, England.

  • Winterton Roman villa · 1.8 km

    Winterton Roman villa is a Roman villa in Winterton, North Lincolnshire. It was discovered in 1747.

  • Winterton and Thealby railway station · 1.9 km

    Winterton and Thealby railway station was a station built by the North Lindsey Light Railway in Winterton, Lincolnshire, on their line from Scunthorpe to Winteringham. The station was opened on 3 September 1906 and cl…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Winterton?
Winterton is a town in Lincolnshire, England, in the North Lincolnshire local authority.
What is the population of Winterton?
Winterton has an approximate settlement population of 4,899.
How deprived is Winterton?
The North Lincolnshire local authority, which includes Winterton, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.