Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
5,377 people live in this town in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.
Several subjects drag its grade down. Pupils here do less well than most: primary results beat 15% of towns in England; secondary results beat 1% of towns in England. Natural hazards are few (B). The median home sold for £232,500, 5.4 times what households in the South Holland council area earn in a year. Overall, that makes a D−, good for #57 of 61 in Lincolnshire. On that grade it does better than 3% of UK towns. Jobs & income is weaker too — the mean household earns £40,329 a year.
Figures: flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Long Sutton 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 Long Sutton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 42 buildings inside Long Sutton’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade I.
19% 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 1914.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Long Sutton.
Under-15s account for 14% of the population, and 8.2% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Lincolnshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. Line up the people of Long Sutton by age and the one in the middle is 52.6. Among adults, 16% 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.
| Long Sutton | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 34% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 16% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 34, with 18% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. Both of the town’s schools appear below. At the 5 primary schools within 3 km, 53% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Sutton County Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 420 | D |
| University Academy Long SuttonLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 708 | D− |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 16% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Long Sutton counts 0.6 jobs per working resident. 9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (27%). For 27% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
7.7% of residents report bad or very bad health, and on top of that at the census, 23% of people here had a disability, higher than both Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (17%). Men in Long Sutton can expect to live to 78.3, women to 82.2 (2019–23). One GP practice serves the town; nearly three quarters of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Long Sutton | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 73% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.7% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Long Sutton’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. Per 10,000 residents, Long Sutton counts 78 listed buildings. Also worth knowing: homes from before 1919 make up 19% of the total, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Per 1,000 residents, 11.1 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded a year. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 345 crimes and 69 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Long Sutton’s built-up area. Of all the crimes, 48% were 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.
70% of households own their home, above Lincolnshire’s towns (65%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. Behind the median of £232,500: 261 standard sales inside Long Sutton’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Social renters account for 14% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £261,000 | 169 |
| Semi-detached | £180,000 | 68 |
| Terraced | £128,500 | 21 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
42 listed buildings in Long Sutton, 2 of them Grade I.
Sneaths Mill: Photo: SP Kelly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Church of St Mary: Photo: LilL20 · Public domain · The Bull Hotel: Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · Harrisons Mill: Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Sutton | 5,377 | — | D− | C+ | C | C− |
| Fleet Hargate | 1,270 | 2.6 | — | C | C+ | C |
| Sutton Bridge | 3,912 | 2.9 | D | B | C− | D |
| Sutton St James | 1,027 | 3.7 | — | C | A+ | C |
| Holbeach | 8,757 | 4.6 | D | C+ | C− | C− |
| Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew | 1,574 | 5.9 | — | C | B+ | C− |
| Whaplode | 1,106 | 6.5 | — | C− | C− | B− |
| Gorefield | 1,070 | 7 | — | C+ | C+ | C |
Fleet Hargate, Sutton St James, Walpole St Peter and Walpole St Andrew, Whaplode and Gorefield have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results trail 99% of towns in England, and primary results trail 85% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Long Sutton has 2 state schools; places are handled by Lincolnshire council.
That is 3.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St Mary.
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
Long Sutton is a built-up area of 5,377 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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