Sleaford East

North Kesteven · East Midlands · population 10,036 · 5 LSOAs

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

40Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,145 of 6,856 in England
  • #368 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #12 of 13 in North Kesteven
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,835
Median age (est.)42
Density1,098per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above23%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 20%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 36%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Professional 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Professional13%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 41% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Sleaford East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,145 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 13 in North Kesteven. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (92) but weak on Education (29). Typical homes here sold for about £202,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 172 sales), 17% below the wider North Kesteven median of £244,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,556 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £33,187 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 111 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 32 · #4,694
Employment 29 · #4,851
Education 29 · #4,858
Health 41 · #4,049
Crime 39 · #4,159
Housing & access 92 · #574
Living environment 63 · #2,548

House prices ?

£202,000median (12m) · +8.0% yr · n=172
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£202,000172+8.0%+22.4%
Detached£247,25066+4.1%+16.6%
Semi-detached£199,95051+5.3%+20.5%
Terraced£150,000460.0%+13.2%
Flat£83,0009+3.8%+4.4%
This area£202,000
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)£33,187±£4,760 · #5,609 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,313
Price-to-income ?6.1×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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

111 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,110 offences
North Kesteven41
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,230 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences502
Theft279
Burglary31
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson76
Public order & weapons125
Drugs43
Robbery15
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 327 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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