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A town in Lincolnshire, East Midlands, home to 4,432 people.
Saxilby’s strongest is cost of living — a typical home costs £267,000 and rent runs £741 a month. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 12% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Put together, the subjects come to an A overall, ranking #5 of 61 in Lincolnshire. Set against the rest, it does better than 88% of UK towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B for jobs & income and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · income, ONS · 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 Saxilby is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Saxilby does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 6 buildings inside Saxilby’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 →6 listed buildings in Saxilby, 1 of them Grade I.
Railway Station and House: Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Old Hall: Photo: Jo and Steve Turner · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saxilby.
8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). The middle age in Saxilby is 50.5. Among adults, 31% have a degree.
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.
| Saxilby | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 28% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.7% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 31% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the 2 primary schools within 3 km: nearly two thirds of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one school is below. 354 pupils attend Saxilby’s one primary school.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saxilby Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 354 | B− |
Home ownership stands at nearly three quarters of households. 11% live in social housing, lower than both Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%). 221 standard sales inside Saxilby’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £267,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £315,000 | 137 |
| Semi-detached | £215,000 | 53 |
| Terraced | £185,000 | 30 |
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.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 10%. Saxilby has 14 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents, lower than both Lincolnshire’s towns (42) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest A&E to Saxilby is Lincoln County Hospital, 6.4 miles away. 2 GP practices serve the town; 75% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. A disability affects a fifth of people here.
| Census 2021 | Saxilby | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.3% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 30% 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%). Household income averages £56K a year before tax. About 9% of its commuters stay in Saxilby for work. Among 16 to 64s, 1.9% claimed unemployment benefits in 2026.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Reported offences in Saxilby came to 160 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 40. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 55% of recorded crime. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Saxilby has less crime per resident than 67% of them.
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.
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Saxilby is a built-up area of 4,432 people, in the West 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saxilby | 4,432 | — | A | A− | B | B+ |
| Sturton by Stow | 1,485 | 3.1 | — | A | B− | C+ |
| Skellingthorpe | 3,116 | 3.2 | B+ | A | B+ | B− |
| Lincoln | 104,553 | 5.5 | D− | C+ | D | D |
| South Hykeham | 1,070 | 6.4 | — | A | B− | B− |
| North Hykeham | 16,855 | 6.4 | A− | A | B | B− |
| Nettleham | 3,418 | 7.3 | A− | B+ | A− | A |
| Bracebridge Heath | 5,794 | 7.6 | A− | A+ | B+ | B |
Sturton by Stow and South Hykeham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Primary results beat 74% 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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