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With 3,284 residents, it is a town in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. Private rents average £643 a month.
Good on most counts; one lags. Its strongest is schools: primary results beat 71% of towns in England; secondary results beat 51% of towns in England. The median home sold for £195,000, 4.7 times what households in the North East Lincolnshire council area earn in a year. Getting around depends on the car (D): on the way to work, 8% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. All told, that adds up to a B overall and a rank of #30 of 61 in Lincolnshire. On that grade it does better than 58% of UK towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety, C+ for health, B for jobs & income and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Laceby is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Laceby does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 6 buildings inside Laceby’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
10% 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 Laceby.
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.
The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 1.9%. 90% of commuters drove, above Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. Jobs per working resident: 0.7.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
GCSE results at the one secondary school within 3 km: 41% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 48.1. Its one school is below. At the 5 primary schools within 3 km, 65% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laceby Stanford Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 231 | B− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Laceby’s listed buildings include the Church of Saint Margaret, Grade I. Homes from before 1919 make up a tenth of the total, lower than both Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%). Per 10,000 residents, Laceby counts 18 listed buildings.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
7% of households live in social housing. Private renters make up 11% of households, below Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. The median sale, £195,000, comes from 139 standard sales inside Laceby’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £288,500 | 54 |
| Semi-detached | £166,000 | 72 |
| Terraced | £135,000 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 2.7 reports per 1,000, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (9.7) and England’s towns (7.8). Police recorded 185 crimes inside Laceby’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 8 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 36% of the crimes.
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.
Laceby has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 2.4 miles away. Men in Laceby can expect to live to 79.5, women to 82.4 (2019–23). At the census, 19% of people here had a disability, lower than Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) yet higher than England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Laceby | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, below Lincolnshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. The age that splits Laceby in two is 49.1. Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Laceby | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.6% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 28% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Laceby is a built-up area of 3,284 people, in the North East 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laceby | 3,284 | — | B | B | C+ | C+ |
| Healing | 3,201 | 2.5 | B | C− | B | B− |
| Stallingborough | 1,190 | 3 | — | B | A− | B− |
| Grimsby | 85,915 | 3.2 | C− | A− | D− | D |
| Waltham | 6,204 | 3.3 | B+ | C+ | A− | A− |
| Keelby | 2,098 | 3.7 | — | A+ | A− | B |
| Holton le Clay | 3,823 | 5.2 | B+ | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Immingham | 9,770 | 5.3 | C− | B+ | D | D |
Stallingborough and Keelby 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 £195,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £135,000, semi-detached houses £166,000 and detached houses £288,500.
About the middle for its size: 56% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, it grades C+.
GCSE results beat 51% of towns in England, and primary results beat 71% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by North East Lincolnshire council.
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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