Morton, Blyton & Scotter

West Lindsey · East Midlands · population 10,243 · 6 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,822 of 6,856 in England
  • #251 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #4 of 11 in West Lindsey
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,139
Median age (est.)48
Density98per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 7%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Skilled trades 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Skilled trades14%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 37% · Other 0%

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

Morton, Blyton & Scotter is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,822 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 11 in West Lindsey. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (76) but weak on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here sold for about £213,750 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 172 sales), 7% below the wider West Lindsey median of £230,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #504 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,920 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 51 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 65 · #2,404
Employment 55 · #3,062
Education 58 · #2,884
Health 54 · #3,124
Crime 76 · #1,657
Housing & access 16 · #5,784
Living environment 67 · #2,260

House prices ?

£213,750median (12m) · +3.0% yr · n=172
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£213,750172+3.0%+18.8%
Detached£275,000100+6.1%+27.2%
Semi-detached£180,00047+2.9%+25.9%
Terraced£150,00023+1.4%+25.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£213,750
West Lindsey£230,000
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)£39,920±£5,710 · #3,453 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,399
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

51 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 522 offences
West Lindsey65
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,200 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences276
Theft62
Burglary23
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons38
Drugs9
Robbery1
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 145 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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