Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A village in Lincolnshire, East Midlands, home to 1,068 people.
Sutterton’s weakest is schools (D−). At a median £246,250, a home costs 5.9 times the yearly income of households in the Boston council area. Hazard risk is weaker too — 33.3% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding. Work and incomes lag: households earn a mean £43,337 a year, and 3.2% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes, ONS · flood risk, Environment Agency · claimants, DWP. Sutterton is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
The 3 things Sutterton 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 Sutterton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Sutterton is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 10 buildings inside Sutterton’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
18% 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 Sutterton.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.9%. Half the people of Sutterton are older than 49.5. One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15. 18% of adults hold a degree, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (25%) and England’s towns (34%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Sutterton | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 30% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 18% | 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. Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 27.6, and 6% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. The town’s primary school has 143 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fourfields Church of England School, SuttertonLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 143 | – |
Social housing holds just over a quarter of households, above Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Owners make up just over two thirds of households. The £246,250 median rests on 60 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £264,995 | 45 |
| Semi-detached | £185,975 | 10 |
| Terraced | £168,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
A quarter of residents in Sutterton live with a disability. At the census, nearly one in ten residents said their health was bad or very bad, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (5.9%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Seeing a GP means leaving Sutterton: the nearest practice is 0.5 miles away. Life expectancy here is 82.6 for women and 78.8 for men (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Sutterton | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 74% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.2% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 25% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 19% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
The car carried 88% of commuters at the census. At the census, 11% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Lincolnshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (27%) alike. For every resident in work, Sutterton has 0.6 jobs. About 6% of its commuters stay in Sutterton for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
For its size, Sutterton records more crime per resident than 84% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people. 73 crimes and 12 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside the town’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Violent crime ran at 25.3 per 1,000 residents a year, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (21.1) and England’s towns (22). Violence and sexual offences were 56% of the crimes.
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.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Lincolnshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%). Sutterton’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. Relative to its size, Sutterton keeps 94 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutterton | 1,068 | — | — | D | C | C− |
| Kirton | 5,576 | 2.4 | D− | C− | C | C− |
| Gosberton | 1,455 | 3.8 | — | C+ | B− | C |
| Surfleet | 1,042 | 4.3 | — | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Swineshead | 2,653 | 4.6 | C− | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Donington | 3,192 | 5 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Boston | 45,347 | 5.7 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Fishtoft | 1,077 | 6.4 | — | D | A | C+ |
Gosberton, Surfleet and Fishtoft have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results trail almost all towns in England (Department for Education, Attainment 8). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Lincolnshire council.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
That is 3.8 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St Mary. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Village in Lincolnshire, England
Sutterton is a built-up area of 1,068 people, in the Boston 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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