Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 4,619 residents and lies in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.
Crowland’s lowest grade is for schools: primary results beat 18% of towns in England. Walkability is weaker too — nearly one in ten commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Buying the median home, at £260,000, takes 6 years of household income in the South Holland council area. Hazards are a real consideration (D−): 18.3% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. The overall grade lands at D, better than 6% of UK towns. That places it #53 of 61 in Lincolnshire.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS.
The 3 things Crowland 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 Crowland is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 22 buildings inside Crowland’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1921.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crowland.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 10% of the town. Residents of Crowland have a median age of 44.8. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, lower than Lincolnshire’s towns (22%) yet higher than England’s towns (18%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Crowland | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.4% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 23% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Its one school is below. Key Stage 2 results at the one primary school within 3 km: 54% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). The town’s primary school has 427 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South View Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 427 | C |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 29% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Nearly nine in ten commuters drove, above Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. Unemployment benefit claims reached 3.2% of 16 to 64s in 2026. Also worth knowing: a household here earns £52K a year before tax, on average.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Owners make up nearly three quarters of households. Behind the median of £260,000: 241 standard sales inside Crowland’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £775 a month across the South Holland council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £325,000 | 124 |
| Semi-detached | £230,000 | 75 |
| Terraced | £210,000 | 41 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Each year, 10.6 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded per 1,000 residents. Crowland logged 297 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 79 complaints of anti-social conduct. 48% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
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.
Crowland’s listed buildings include Crowland Abbey, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up 13% of the total, below Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
One GP practice serves the town; nearly two thirds of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Crowland is Peterborough City Hospital, 7.7 miles away. Women here live to 84.1 on average and men to 82.9 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Crowland | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.1% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
22 listed buildings in Crowland, 2 of them Grade I.
Crowland Abbey: Photo: Thorvaldsson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Holy Trinity Bridge: Photo: Thorvaldsson · CC BY 3.0 · The Manor House: Photo: Bob Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The George and Angel Public House: Photo: Alex McGregor · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowland | 4,619 | — | D | C | C | B− |
| Newborough | 1,469 | 3.4 | — | B | A | B+ |
| Deeping St Nicholas | 1,300 | 3.8 | — | C | B+ | B |
| Eye | 5,419 | 4.4 | C− | B+ | C+ | C |
| Thorney | 1,655 | 4.5 | — | B+ | C | C |
| Cowbit | 1,366 | 5.1 | — | C | B+ | B− |
| Deeping St James | 7,255 | 5.2 | A | A | A− | A− |
| Northborough | 1,336 | 5.4 | — | B− | A | B+ |
Newborough, Deeping St Nicholas, Thorney, Cowbit and Northborough have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Primary results trail 83% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Lincolnshire council.
It has more crime per resident than most places its size: 69% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less.
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Crowland is a built-up area of 4,619 people, in the South Holland 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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