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Living in East Lindsey

18 neighbourhoods · 82 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
0.58× nat.
42% below nat. avg · 58.0 / 1k / yr · #124 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
274 min
#316 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.31
#294 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£678/mo
+2.9% YoY · #16 of 314 cities
Council tax
£157/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in East Lindsey

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

18 neighbourhoods · 82 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Skegness South£564+2.9%6212
Skegness Town£569+2.9%413
Skegness North£607+2.9%4937
Ingoldmells & Chapel St Leonards£624+2.9%2941
Mablethorpe£628+2.9%3023
Louth Central & South£636+2.9%7341
Coningsby & Woodhall Spa£642+2.9%7372
Horncastle£652+2.9%7058
Spilsby & Burgh le Marsh£670+2.9%6165
Louth North & East£671+2.9%5626
Wainfleet All Saints£674+2.9%4770
Sutton-on-Sea£707+2.9%7672
Holton-le-Clay, Binbrook & Tetney£707+2.9%7185
Alford, Withern & Willoughby£718+2.9%6474
Mareham, Sibsey & New Leake£722+2.9%3479
Marshchapel, Somercotes & Grimoldby£734+2.9%5280
Little Cawthorpe & South Wolds£773+2.9%1685
Wragby, Roughton & Ludford£773+2.9%3284

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in East Lindsey

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in East Lindsey. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Skegness South£564/mo
  2. 2.Skegness Town£569/mo
  3. 3.Skegness North£607/mo
  4. 4.Ingoldmells & Chapel St Leonards£624/mo
  5. 5.Mablethorpe£628/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Sutton-on-Sea76/100
  2. 2.Louth Central & South73/100
  3. 3.Coningsby & Woodhall Spa73/100
  4. 4.Holton-le-Clay, Binbrook & Tetney71/100
  5. 5.Horncastle70/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across East Lindsey.

Avg rent
£678/mo
#16 of 314 cities
Sale price
£213,750
+0.5% YoY
Yrs to deposit
4.0 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£503/mo
2 bed£642/mo
3 bed£788/mo
4 bed£1,108/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£280,815
Semi-detached£189,104
Terraced£149,232
Flat£95,444
Affordability
Price-to-earnings7.9×
Rent / take-home31%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£1,887/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£1,110/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in East Lindsey

Crime in East Lindsey runs at 42% below the national average. Above median (#124 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 58.0, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
58.0
#124 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
22.7
Anti-social behaviour
16.4
Criminal damage & arson
5.4
Shoplifting
4.7
Other theft
3.5
Public order
2.6
Burglary
2.3
Vehicle crime
1.9
Other crime
1.8
Drugs
1.4
Robbery
0.9
Possession of weapons
0.9
Bicycle theft
0.8
Theft from the person
0.8
Safest neighbourhoods in East Lindsey
by safety score (higher = safer)
Holton-le-Clay, Binbrook & Tetney85/100
Little Cawthorpe & South Wolds85/100
Wragby, Roughton & Ludford84/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in East Lindsey

100% of schools serving East Lindsey are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
33%
#171 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in East Lindsey
by school score
Sutton-on-Sea94/100
Ingoldmells & Chapel St Leonards75/100
Coningsby & Woodhall Spa70/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in East Lindsey

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub
274 min
#316 of 318 cities
To Leeds
278 min
Median across local areas
To Sheffield
280 min
Median across local areas
To London
285 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
Leeds
278 min
Sheffield
280 min
London
285 min
Birmingham
323 min
Manchester
346 min
Liverpool
388 min
Edinburgh
413 min
Bristol
417 min
Cardiff
454 min
Glasgow
537 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car66%Public1%Active13%WFH18%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in East Lindsey
by transport score
Skegness Town47/100
Skegness South28/100
Skegness North23/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from East Lindsey

East Lindsey has 0.31 jobs per resident locally. Bottom 10%

Jobs per resident
0.31
#294 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
-6.9%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs8 min
PT — 100 jobs14 min
Drive — 500 jobs8 min
PT — 500 jobs15 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs56 min
PT — 5,000 jobs101 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
35.8%
Health & social care
10.6%
Manufacturing
9.9%
Education
7.5%
Construction
6.0%
Professional & business svcs
4.3%
Tech & ICT
1.1%
Finance & insurance
0.5%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about East Lindsey

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in East Lindsey?
The median monthly rent across East Lindsey is £678, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in East Lindsey?
The cheapest neighbourhood in East Lindsey by estimated median rent is Skegness South at approximately £564/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in East Lindsey?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in East Lindsey is Sutton-on-Sea at 76/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is East Lindsey a safe area?
East Lindsey has an average safety score of 59/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in East Lindsey?
The most common council tax band in East Lindsey is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £270. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within East Lindsey.
What is the average salary in East Lindsey?
The median annual resident salary in East Lindsey is £26,705, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in East Lindsey, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in East Lindsey?
The average property price in East Lindsey is approximately £217,169 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in East Lindsey?
Gross rental yield in East Lindsey is approximately 3.6% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in East Lindsey?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 4.0 years in East Lindsey. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in East Lindsey?
88% of premises in East Lindsey are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in East Lindsey?
3.9% of 16-64 residents in East Lindsey are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in East Lindsey?
East Lindsey contains 18 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 82 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in East Lindsey

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.