Skellingthorpe, Witham & Bassingham

North Kesteven · East Midlands · population 14,741 · 8 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,554 of 6,856 in England
  • #137 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #6 of 13 in North Kesteven
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents14,462
Median age (est.)44
Density114per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above34%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 6%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 24%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service6%

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 51% · No religion 41% · 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

Skellingthorpe, Witham & Bassingham is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,554 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 13 in North Kesteven. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (84) but weak on Housing & access (17). Typical homes here sold for about £277,500 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 252 sales), 13% above the wider North Kesteven median of £244,500. Typical household take-home income is around £42,161 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 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 79 · #1,424
Employment 82 · #1,246
Education 74 · #1,746
Health 71 · #2,007
Crime 84 · #1,095
Housing & access 17 · #5,688
Living environment 66 · #2,301

House prices ?

£277,500median (12m) · +8.8% yr · n=252
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£277,500252+8.8%+11.0%
Detached£314,995167+5.0%+5.9%
Semi-detached£225,00064+2.3%+21.6%
Terraced£199,00020+1.5%+12.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£277,500
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)£42,161±£6,030 · #2,801 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,159
Price-to-income ?6.6×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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 574 offences
North Kesteven41
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,160 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences282
Theft94
Burglary24
Vehicle crime42
Criminal damage & arson61
Public order & weapons37
Drugs9
Robbery2
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 182 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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