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It is a town of 3,823 residents in Lincolnshire, East Midlands. Mortgage-free owners make up 50% of households.
Schools do well: primary results beat 71% of towns in England; secondary results beat 65% of towns in England. It is strong on safety as well (B+): police record 17.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 7.1 home and vehicle crimes. At a median £215,500, a home costs 5.3 times the yearly income of households in the East Lindsey council area. The drawback is walkability (D): 8% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. All told, that adds up to a B+ overall and a rank of #20 of 61 in Lincolnshire. Set against the rest, it does better than 68% of UK towns.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS.
The 3 things Holton le Clay 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 Holton le Clay is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 3 buildings inside Holton le Clay’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
2% 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 Holton le Clay.
Typical age in Holton le Clay: 50.6, the median. Children under 15 make up 14% of residents. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, lower than both Lincolnshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%).
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
| Holton le Clay | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 8.2% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
At the 8 primary schools within 3 km, 65% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Attainment 8 at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km averages 48.2, and nearly half of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holton-le-Clay Junior SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 99 | C+ |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England’s list names 3 listed buildings in Holton le Clay: 1 Grade II*. For its size, Holton le Clay has 8 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, lower than both Lincolnshire’s towns (42) and England’s towns (39). Before 1919: that is when 2% of homes were built.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 19% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Households had £47K a year before tax, about level with Lincolnshire’s towns (£48K) and below England’s towns (£55K). Driving is how 90% of commuters got to work at the census. Also worth knowing: of the commuters living in Holton le Clay, 7% work in the town itself. There are 0.3 jobs in Holton le Clay for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 121 crimes and 47 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Holton le Clay’s built-up area. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Holton le Clay has less crime per resident than 78% of them. Violence and sexual offences accounted for half of recorded crime.
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.
There is no GP practice in Holton le Clay: the nearest is 2.6 miles off. Just over four fifths of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, higher than Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and near England’s towns (82%). Men in Holton le Clay can expect to live to 80.5, women to 85.4 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Holton le Clay | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.6% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Social housing holds 4% of households, lower than both Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%). Private tenants account for 11% of households. The median sale, £215,500, comes from 134 standard sales inside Holton le Clay’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £240,000 | 75 |
| Semi-detached | £180,750 | 46 |
| Terraced | £139,000 | 6 |
| Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | 7 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Holton le Clay. Best known first.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holton le Clay | 3,823 | — | B+ | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Tetney | 1,536 | 1.8 | — | D | B+ | B+ |
| Waltham | 6,204 | 2 | B+ | C+ | A− | A− |
| Humberston and New Waltham | 14,861 | 2 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| North Thoresby | 1,090 | 2.6 | — | D | A− | B+ |
| Cleethorpes | 29,660 | 3.7 | C− | A− | D− | C− |
| Grimsby | 85,915 | 3.9 | C− | A− | D− | D |
| Laceby | 3,284 | 5.2 | B | B | C+ | C+ |
Tetney and North Thoresby have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £215,500, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £85,000, terraced houses £139,000, semi-detached houses £180,750 and detached houses £240,000.
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Holton le Clay is a built-up area of 3,823 people, in the East 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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