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A village of 2,047 in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. Private rents average £653 a month.
Haxey’s strongest is safety: police record 16 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 8.8 home and vehicle crimes. Homes sell for a median £262,000, about 5.8 years of what households in the North Lincolnshire council area earn. Getting around depends on the car: on the way to work, 5% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health, C+ for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency. Below 2,500 residents there is no overall grade, so Haxey has its subject grades alone.
The 3 things Haxey 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 Haxey is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Below 2,500 residents there is no overall grade, so Haxey has its subject grades alone.
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Historic England lists them inside Haxey’s built-up area, along with 3 scheduled monuments.
14% 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 Haxey.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 0.4 jobs in Haxey for each resident in work. The car took 93% of commuters, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (70%). Among 16 to 64s, 1.5% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026. About 4% of its commuters stay in Haxey for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
There is one school here; it is shown below. 183 pupils attend Haxey’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haxey Cofe Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 183 | B |
Police figures for Haxey’s built-up area: 62 crimes and 3 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. 45% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 2.8 reports per 1,000, below Lincolnshire’s towns (9.7) and England’s towns (7.8) alike.
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.
Private renters make up just over one in ten households, lower than both Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%). Nearly one in ten households live in social housing. The £262,000 median rests on 87 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £313,750 | 66 |
| Semi-detached | £196,000 | 15 |
| Terraced | £147,500 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Haxey’s listed buildings include the Church of St Nicholas, Grade I. Relative to its size, Haxey keeps 73 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, higher than both Lincolnshire’s towns (42) and England’s towns (39). Also worth knowing: it has 3 scheduled monuments.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Haxey has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 2.6 miles away. At the census, a fifth of people here had a disability, near Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and higher than England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Haxey is Scunthorpe General Hospital, 9.7 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Haxey | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.2% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Young towns look healthier on these answers, which aren’t adjusted for age; the Health Grade uses measures that are, such as life expectancy and early deaths.
Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 31% of residents. Ages in Haxey split evenly at 54.9: half are older, half younger. Among adults, 30% have a degree.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Haxey | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 31% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.9% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 30% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haxey | 2,047 | — | — | B | B+ | B− |
| Westwoodside | 2,033 | 1.3 | — | B− | A− | B− |
| Owston Ferry | 1,156 | 2.3 | — | A− | B+ | B− |
| Epworth | 4,361 | 2.6 | A− | B | B | B+ |
| Misterton | 2,191 | 3.5 | — | B− | C+ | B− |
| Belton | 2,303 | 4.7 | — | B | C+ | B |
| Beckingham | 1,207 | 6.1 | — | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Gainsborough | 21,899 | 6.6 | C− | A+ | D− | D |
Westwoodside, Owston Ferry, Misterton, Belton and Beckingham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 3 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Nicholas. It also has 3 scheduled monuments.
Against all UK towns, it grades B+.
Band D council tax in Haxey is £2,329 for 2026–27, less than in 70% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Village in Lincolnshire, England
Haxey is a built-up area of 2,047 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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