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Population 3,969: a town in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. With a C overall, Crowle is better than just over a third of UK towns and ranks #40 of 61 in Lincolnshire. Where it falls short is jobs & income — mean household income £46,165; 2.4% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Hazard risk is weaker too: 2.7% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. Prices are modest for what you get (A−): the median home sold for £207,500, 4.6 years of area income.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Crowle 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 Crowle is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Crowle’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 2 old photos and postcards going back to 1905.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crowle.
13% live in social housing, below Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Renting privately is how 15% of households live. Private rents average £653 a month across the North Lincolnshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £275,000 | 81 |
| Semi-detached | £170,500 | 38 |
| Terraced | £150,000 | 28 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Some 863 pupils attend Crowle’s two primaries and one secondary. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 40.1, with 40% at grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowle Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 232 | C+ |
| The Axholme AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 518 | C |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 21% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 0.3 jobs in Crowle for each resident in work. 88% of commuters drove, above Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. About nearly a tenth of its commuters stay in Crowle for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Crowle has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 5.5 miles away. Women here live to 82.5 on average and men to 79.7 (2019–23). The nearest A&E to Crowle is Scunthorpe General Hospital, 6.9 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Crowle | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.1% | 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 answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
Homes saw 11.4 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, above Lincolnshire’s towns (7.8) and England’s towns (9.4) alike. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 201 crimes and 13 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Crowle’s built-up area. Violence and sexual offences were nearly half of the crimes. For its size, Crowle records more crime per resident than 70% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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.
Crowle’s listed buildings include the Church of St Oswald, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a fifth of the total, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%). Also worth knowing: it has 53 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2% of the town. Children under 15 make up 16%, about level with Lincolnshire’s towns (16%) and below England’s towns (18%). Crowle has a median age of 47.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Crowle | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.2% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
21 listed buildings in Crowle, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Oswald: Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Cross Keys Inn: Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.0 · White Hart Inn: Photo: David Wright · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Churchyard Cross Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Oswald: Photo: Richard Croft · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowle | 3,969 | — | C | A− | C | C |
| Belton | 2,303 | 3.4 | — | B | C+ | B |
| Keadby | 1,446 | 3.9 | — | A | C− | C− |
| Moorends | 5,194 | 5.1 | C | A | C− | D− |
| Thorne | 12,303 | 5.1 | D | A− | D | D |
| Epworth | 4,361 | 5.5 | A− | B | B | B+ |
| Burton upon Stather | 2,370 | 6.7 | — | A− | A | C |
| Hatfield Woodhouse | 2,208 | 7.1 | — | A | D− | C− |
Belton, Keadby, Burton upon Stather and Hatfield Woodhouse have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Oswald.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £207,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £150,000, semi-detached houses £170,500 and detached houses £275,000.
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Crowle is a built-up area of 3,969 people, in the North Lincolnshire 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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