Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 2,946 residents in Lincolnshire, East Midlands.
With a B+ overall, Scotter is better than 73% of UK towns. The ranking puts it #17 of 61 in Lincolnshire. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: a typical home costs £230,000 and rent runs £741 a month. Recorded crime is low: 12.1 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 7.2 home and vehicle crimes. What counts against it is walkability (D−) — on the way to work, 5% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health, B− for jobs & income and C+ for hazard risk.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · life expectancy and 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 Scotter is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Scotter does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 7 buildings inside Scotter’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 2 old photos and postcards going back to 1920.
Explore the history →7 listed buildings in Scotter, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Peter: Photo: Phil Gravell · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Old Manor House: Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Scotter.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Jobs per working resident: 0.2. The car took 92% of commuters, higher than both Lincolnshire’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (70%). The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 1.9%. Work in town: 6% of resident commuters.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the 2 primary schools within 3 km: 60% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). The one school in town appears below. Its one primary school teaches 247 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotter Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 247 | C− |
The social rented sector houses 3% of households. Private renters make up 13% of households, below Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. Also worth knowing: from September 2023 to August 2026, 128 homes sold inside Scotter’s built-up area at standard prices; the middle one went for £230,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £269,950 | 87 |
| Semi-detached | £185,000 | 28 |
| Terraced | £105,000 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 81 recorded crimes inside Scotter’s built-up area, and 17 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences made up just over a third of the total. There were 5.1 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), below 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.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes built before 1919 account for just over a tenth of the housing. Scaled to its population, Scotter has 24 listed buildings per 10,000 people, below Lincolnshire’s towns (42) and England’s towns (39) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
83% of people in Scotter rate their own health good or very good. There is no GP practice locally: the nearest is 3.6 miles off. The nearest A&E to Scotter is Scunthorpe General Hospital, 6.1 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Scotter | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 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 · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
Children under 15 make up 15%, below Lincolnshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. At 50.4, the median resident of Scotter sits in the middle of the age range. Graduates make up 33% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Scotter | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.6% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 33% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Scotter is a built-up area of 2,946 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotter | 2,946 | — | B+ | A | A− | B− |
| Messingham | 3,375 | 2.3 | A− | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Kirton in Lindsey | 3,066 | 3.5 | C+ | A− | B− | C+ |
| Owston Ferry | 1,156 | 4.6 | — | A− | B+ | B− |
| Scunthorpe | 81,286 | 5.4 | C+ | A | D− | D |
| Scawby | 1,606 | 5.9 | — | B+ | A | B |
| Hibaldstow | 2,022 | 6 | — | B+ | B | C+ |
| Broughton | 4,499 | 6.8 | A− | A | B | C+ |
Owston Ferry, Scawby and Hibaldstow have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Band D council tax in Scotter is £2,325 for 2026–27, less than in 71% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £230,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £105,000, semi-detached houses £185,000 and detached houses £269,950.
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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