Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 1,906: a village in Lincolnshire, East Midlands. 49% of households own their home outright.
Where it does best is safety — 18.7 violent and sexual offences and 8.7 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Its lowest grade is for walkability: 7% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. At a median £211,000, a home costs 5.2 times the yearly income of households in the East Lindsey council area. Jobs and pay trail most towns: households earn a mean £45,553 a year, and 1.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for health and B for hazard risk.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency. Manby is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
The 3 things Manby 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 Manby is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Manby is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
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Historic England lists them inside Manby’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
13% 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 Manby.
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.
The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 1.5%. The car took 91% of commuters, higher than both Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (70%). Of the commuters living in Manby, 9% work in the town itself. There are 0.6 jobs in Manby for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Grimoldby Primary School’s results beat 75% of schools in England like it. The one school in town appears below. At the 3 primary schools within 3 km, nearly three in five pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grimoldby Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 207 | A− |
Of all the crimes, 47% were violence and sexual offences. Reported offences in Manby came to 55 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 33. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 15.6 reports per 1,000, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (9.5) and England’s towns (7.8).
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.
Social housing holds 7% of households, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%). Private renters make up 12% of households. Also worth knowing: the £211,000 median rests on 69 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £285,000 | 33 |
| Semi-detached | £172,500 | 21 |
| Terraced | £141,500 | 14 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
There is no GP practice in Manby: the nearest is 3.7 miles off. At the census, a fifth of people here had a disability, about level with Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and above England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Manby is Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, 14.7 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Manby | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.9% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including 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.
Manby’s listed buildings include the Church of St Edith, Grade I. It has 89 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. One scheduled monument lies here.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Among adults, 27% have a degree. People 65 and over make up just over a quarter of the town, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (22%) and England’s towns (18%). Ages in Manby split evenly at 49: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Manby | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manby | 1,906 | — | — | C+ | B | C+ |
| Louth | 17,415 | 3.6 | D | C+ | C− | C− |
| North Somercotes | 1,487 | 6.2 | — | C− | A− | C+ |
| Mablethorpe | 7,633 | 6.9 | D− | B− | D | D− |
| Alford | 3,831 | 8.1 | C | B− | C | C− |
| Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe | 5,042 | 8.5 | D− | C− | B− | D |
| North Thoresby | 1,090 | 9.4 | — | D | A− | B+ |
| Tetney | 1,536 | 10 | — | D | B+ | B+ |
North Somercotes, North Thoresby and Tetney have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 3.7 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Edith. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Primary results trail 65% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Lincolnshire council.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £211,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £141,500, semi-detached houses £172,500 and detached houses £285,000.
Village in Lincolnshire, England
Manby is a built-up area of 1,906 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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