Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 3,165 people, lies in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.
Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. Its best grade is for safety — police record 12.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 4.6 home and vehicle crimes. Add health to its strengths — men here can expect to live to 82.5, women to 85.9. School results trail most towns: primary results beat 29% of towns in England. Getting around depends on the car (C): one in ten commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. At a median £325,000, a home costs 6 times the yearly income of households in the North Kesteven council area. The overall grade comes out at A, #7 of 61 in Lincolnshire. Nationally, it does better than 86% of UK towns.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and incomes, ONS · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Navenby is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Navenby does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 58 buildings inside Navenby’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
15% 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 1908.
Explore the history →58 listed buildings in Navenby, 2 of them Grade I.
Church of All Saints: Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wellingore village cross: Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St Peter: Photo: Lincolnian · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Lion and Royal Public House: Photo: David Lally · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Navenby.
Navenby logged 59 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 31 complaints of anti-social conduct. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 61% of recorded crime. There were 7.4 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), lower than both Lincolnshire’s towns (9.7) 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.
Its only school is listed below. 57% of pupils at the 3 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navenby Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 195 | B− |
Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 4.5% of the town. The nearest A&E to Navenby is Lincoln County Hospital, 9 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 61% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Navenby | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.5% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · A young population flatters these answers, which are not age-adjusted; the Health Grade instead uses measures that allow for age, 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.
Conservation areas cover a third of Navenby’s land, above Lincolnshire’s towns (2%) and England’s towns (7%) alike. Its listed buildings include the Church of All Saints, Grade I. It has 58 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Social housing holds 11% of households, below Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Private tenants account for 9% of households. Navenby is the most expensive of the 64 towns in Lincolnshire: its median sale is £325,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £352,500 | 125 |
| Semi-detached | £215,000 | 31 |
| Terraced | £185,000 | 12 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
87% of commuters drove, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (70%). Households take home £61K a year before tax, on average. Of the commuters living in Navenby, 8% work in the town itself. For every resident in work, Navenby has 0.5 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Degrees are held by just over a third of adults, above Lincolnshire’s towns (25%) and close to England’s towns (34%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 7.8%. Typical age in Navenby: 52.5, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Navenby | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 31% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.4% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 35% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Navenby is a built-up area of 3,165 people, in the North Kesteven 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navenby | 3,165 | — | A | A− | A | A− |
| Bassingham | 1,511 | 5 | — | A− | A | B− |
| Waddington | 6,828 | 5 | A | A+ | A− | C+ |
| Cranwell | 2,583 | 5.2 | A+ | A+ | A+ | B+ |
| Metheringham | 3,524 | 5.7 | B | A | A− | C+ |
| Bracebridge Heath | 5,794 | 6.1 | A− | A+ | B+ | B |
| North Hykeham | 16,855 | 6.4 | A− | A | B | B− |
| Witham St Hughs | 3,483 | 6.4 | A | A | B | B |
Bassingham has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 7.5 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of All Saints. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Primary results trail 71% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by 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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