Ruskington South, Leasingham & Osbournby

North Kesteven · East Midlands · population 6,428 · 3 LSOAs

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

65Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,418 of 6,856 in England
  • #217 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #9 of 13 in North Kesteven
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,346
Median age (est.)55
Density43per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above30%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 9%25–44 15%45–64 33%65+ 32%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 9%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 6%Other: 22%
One person 29%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 6%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative12%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

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 61% · No religion 32% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Ruskington South, Leasingham & Osbournby is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,418 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 13 in North Kesteven. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (88) but weak on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here sold for about £275,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 67 sales), 12% above the wider North Kesteven median of £244,500. Typical household take-home income is around £38,646 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 33 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 72 · #1,945
Employment 61 · #2,665
Education 70 · #2,089
Health 79 · #1,451
Crime 88 · #786
Housing & access 14 · #5,880
Living environment 38 · #4,269

House prices ?

£275,000median (12m) · +19.6% yr · n=67
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£275,00067+19.6%+9.3%
Detached£325,00044+23.8%+12.1%
Semi-detached£200,00019+1.3%+15.9%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£275,000
North Kesteven£244,500
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)£38,646±£5,559 · #3,826 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,145
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

85Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 214 offences
North Kesteven41
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #674 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences121
Theft20
Burglary14
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson13
Public order & weapons16
Drugs3
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 50 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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