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Secondary school results beat 97% of towns in England. A village of 2,284 in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.
Cost of living is its strong suit: the median home sold for £215,000, 4.3 years of area income. Crime is the sore point: 45.2 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 16.2 home and vehicle crimes. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, it has less crime per resident than 5%. Incomes are on the low side (C−): the mean household earns £50,099 a year. The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and B− for health.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP. An overall grade needs 2,500 residents, so Caistor is graded subject by subject only.
The 3 things Caistor does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Caistor is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists them inside Caistor’s built-up area, along with 2 scheduled monuments.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Caistor.
Private rents average £741 a month across the West Lindsey council area. 87 standard sales inside Caistor’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £215,000. Also worth knowing: 18% rent privately, lower than both Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £275,000 | 39 |
| Semi-detached | £182,500 | 26 |
| Terraced | £125,500 | 20 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Below are two of its 3 schools, each with why it was picked. Attainment 8 at the town’s 2 secondary schools averages 57.4, and 70% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. Caistor’s one primary and two secondaries have 1,559 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caistor CofE and Methodist Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 189 | C− |
| Caistor Grammar SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 690 | A+ |
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 23.2 reports per 1,000, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (9.5) and England’s towns (7.8). A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 175 offences in Caistor and 70 cases of nuisance behaviour. Violence and sexual offences made up 53% of the total.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
20% of homes date from before 1919. Caistor’s listed buildings include the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Grade I. Historic England’s list names 55 listed buildings in the town: 2 Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 24% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 18% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, near Lincolnshire’s towns (18%) and lower than England’s towns (27%). About a fifth of its commuters stay in Caistor for work. For every resident in work, Caistor has 0.8 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Just over a fifth of residents have a disability, about level with Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and above England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Caistor is Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, 9.8 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 76% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Caistor | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.3% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
31% of adults hold a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.9% of the town, below Lincolnshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. Under-15s account for 16% of the population. Half the people of Caistor are older than 49.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Caistor | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.3% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
10 notable people were born in Caistor.
Gary Turner: Howard Potts, CC BY 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caistor | 2,284 | — | — | A | D | B− |
| Keelby | 2,098 | 6.1 | — | A+ | A− | B |
| Barnetby le Wold | 1,841 | 6.3 | — | A | B− | C |
| Laceby | 3,284 | 6.9 | B | B | C+ | C+ |
| Wrawby | 1,194 | 7.5 | — | B− | A+ | C |
| Market Rasen | 4,959 | 7.7 | C+ | A | C− | C+ |
| Brigg | 5,637 | 7.8 | B− | A | D | C |
| Stallingborough | 1,190 | 8.3 | — | B | A− | B− |
Keelby, Barnetby le Wold, Wrawby and Stallingborough have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 9.9 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £215,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £125,500, semi-detached houses £182,500 and detached houses £275,000.
Village in Lincolnshire, England
Caistor is a built-up area of 2,284 people, in the West Lindsey council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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