Horncastle

East Lindsey · East Midlands · population 7,715 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

41Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,070 of 6,856 in England
  • #354 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #3 of 18 in East Lindsey
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,557
Median age (est.)49
Density666per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above24%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 29%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 14%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 34%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Professional 14% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Professional14%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 40% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Horncastle is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #4,070 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 18 in East Lindsey. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (71) and lowest on Health (28). Typical homes here sold for about £208,520 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 142 sales), in line with the wider East Lindsey median of £218,498. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,535 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,323 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 40 · #4,132
Employment 29 · #4,858
Education 36 · #4,406
Health 28 · #4,947
Crime 66 · #2,308
Housing & access 51 · #3,330
Living environment 71 · #2,000

House prices ?

£208,520median (12m) · -4.5% yr · n=142
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£208,520142-4.5%+4.3%
Detached£267,99874-10.7%+7.2%
Semi-detached£177,00037-6.1%+12.0%
Terraced£148,00027+0.5%+34.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£208,520
East Lindsey£218,498
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£33,323±£4,761 · #5,570 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,400
Price-to-income ?6.3×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

78Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 441 offences
East Lindsey72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,651 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences228
Theft69
Burglary20
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson47
Public order & weapons27
Drugs9
Robbery1
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 114 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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