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Home to 4,275 people, this town lies in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.
Hazards are a real consideration: just over two in five homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. People here tend to be in good health (B): men here can expect to live to 80.9, women to 84.9. A median £255,000 buys a home here, 5.9 times what households in the South Holland council area earn in a year. Overall, that makes a C+, good for #38 of 61 in Lincolnshire. On that grade it does better than 36% of UK towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety and B for schools.
Figures: life expectancy and incomes, ONS · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Pinchbeck is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Pinchbeck does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 17 buildings inside Pinchbeck’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →17 listed buildings in Pinchbeck, 1 of them Grade I.
The Ship: Photo: Bob Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Graft House Wall and Store: Photo: Bob Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Stables and Traphouse to the Vicarage: Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Vicarage: Photo: Richard Humphrey · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pinchbeck.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). Half the people of Pinchbeck are older than 45.6. Degrees are held by 22% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Pinchbeck | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.7% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 22% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
There is one school here; it is shown below. The town’s primary school has 390 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pinchbeck East Church of England Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 390 | C |
75% of households own their home, above Lincolnshire’s towns (65%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. The median sale, £255,000, comes from 257 standard sales inside Pinchbeck’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £775 a month across the South Holland council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £295,000 | 176 |
| Semi-detached | £215,000 | 69 |
| Terraced | £120,000 | 11 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Pinchbeck’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. 6% of its homes were built before 1919, below Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 14% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
2.9% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026. The car took 87% of commuters, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (70%). What’s more, for 58% of commuters, work was under 5 km away. Of the commuters living in Pinchbeck, 24% work in the town itself.
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 225 crimes and 60 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Pinchbeck’s built-up area. Violence and sexual offences made up 44% of the total. Violent crime ran at 24.4 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (21.1) and England’s towns (22).
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 Pinchbeck: the nearest is 1.5 miles off. The nearest A&E to Pinchbeck is Pilgrim Hospital, 13.7 miles away. 17% of residents in Pinchbeck live with a disability.
| Census 2021 | Pinchbeck | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.5% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 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.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Pinchbeck. Best known first.
MuseumAyscoughfee Hall Museum1.8 km outside town, to the south
MuseumChain Bridge Forge Museum1.1 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumSpalding Gentlemans Society1.4 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionMoulton Windmill4.8 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumThe Pinchbeck Engine Museum of Land Drainage600 m outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Pinchbeck is a built-up area of 4,275 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinchbeck | 4,275 | — | C+ | C | C+ | B |
| Spalding | 30,552 | 2 | C+ | B | C− | C |
| Surfleet | 1,042 | 2.4 | — | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Gosberton | 1,455 | 3.6 | — | C+ | B− | C |
| Moulton | 1,605 | 4.1 | — | C | A | B |
| Cowbit | 1,366 | 5.1 | — | C | B+ | B− |
| Whaplode | 1,106 | 5.5 | — | C− | C− | B− |
| Moulton Chapel | 1,120 | 5.7 | — | C− | A+ | B− |
Surfleet, Gosberton, Moulton, Cowbit, Whaplode and Moulton Chapel have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
About the middle for its size: 57% 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+.
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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