Hartsholme & Birchwood East

Lincoln · East Midlands · population 8,526 · 6 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,219 of 6,856 in England
  • #193 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #1 of 11 in Lincoln
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,432
Median age (est.)46
Density2,210per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above27%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 6%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 30%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure12%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Hartsholme & Birchwood East is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,219 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 11 in Lincoln. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Housing & access (42). Typical homes here sold for about £202,750 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 134 sales), 8% above the wider Lincoln median of £188,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #176 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £41,194 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 37 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 70 · #2,027
Employment 58 · #2,911
Education 44 · #3,857
Health 47 · #3,659
Crime 80 · #1,383
Housing & access 42 · #3,988
Living environment 98 · #135

House prices ?

£202,750median (12m) · +2.8% yr · n=134
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£202,750134+2.8%+20.8%
Detached£287,50050+4.5%+14.2%
Semi-detached£182,50055+0.3%+17.7%
Terraced£165,00026+1.9%+29.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£202,750
Lincoln£188,000
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)£41,194±£6,052 · #3,071 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,908
Price-to-income ?4.9×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 ?

97Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

37 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 315 offences
Lincoln120
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #983 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences164
Theft33
Burglary13
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson43
Public order & weapons34
Drugs3
Robbery3
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 173 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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