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1,006 people call this village in Lincolnshire, East Midlands home.
Health is its strong suit (A−): life expectancy 81.4 for men, 86.9 for women. Housing is within reach: homes sell for a median £350,000, about 6.7 times local household income. Schools lag (D−): secondary results beat 4% of towns in England. Safety is weaker too: 27.8 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 9.3 home and vehicle crimes. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, it has less crime per resident than 22%. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income, C+ for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: life expectancy and income, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency. Corby Glen has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
The 3 things Corby Glen 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 Corby Glen is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Corby Glen’s built-up area, along with 3 scheduled monuments.
30% 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 Corby Glen.
14% are under 15, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%), and the 15-to-24 age group makes up 9% of residents. At 53.2, the median resident of Corby Glen sits in the middle of the age range. Degrees are held by 37% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Corby Glen | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 14% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 33% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 37% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 38.4, with 25% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. The one school in town appears below. 99 pupils attend Corby Glen’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corby Glen Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 99 | D− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Conservation areas cover nearly a third of Corby Glen’s land, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (2%) and England’s towns (7%). Its listed buildings include the Church of St John, Grade I. It has 31 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 2 Grade I. 30% of homes date from before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
One GP practice serves the town; 82% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Corby Glen is Peterborough City Hospital, 18.7 miles away. Nearly a fifth of residents have a disability, about level with Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and above England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Corby Glen | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.1% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 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.
Households that own their home make up 82%. Social housing holds 7% of households, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%). The median sale, £350,000, comes from 118 standard sales inside Corby Glen’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £383,497 | 86 |
| Semi-detached | £239,250 | 22 |
| Terraced | £212,750 | 10 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violence and sexual offences made up 56% of the total. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 68 crimes and 13 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Corby Glen’s built-up area. Among the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Corby Glen has more crime per resident than 78% of them.
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 Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 38% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Driving is how 85% of commuters got to work at the census. Working mainly from home: 38% of workers, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (31%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 13% of commuters travelled at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corby Glen | 1,006 | — | — | B+ | C+ | A− |
| Colsterworth | 1,296 | 4.3 | — | A− | C− | B+ |
| Clipsham | 1,150 | 5.3 | — | A | A+ | B |
| South Witham | 1,590 | 5.7 | — | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Morton | 2,180 | 6.2 | — | A | B+ | B− |
| Bourne | 17,495 | 6.5 | A | A | B− | B− |
| Thurlby | 2,139 | 7.7 | — | B+ | A | A |
| Greetham | 2,807 | 8.3 | A+ | A− | A+ | A− |
Colsterworth, Clipsham, South Witham, Morton and Thurlby have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results trail 96% of towns in England (Department for Education, Attainment 8). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Lincolnshire council.
That is 12.6 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St John. It also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Village in Lincolnshire, England
Corby Glen is a built-up area of 1,006 people, in the South Kesteven 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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