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Private rents average £653 a month. 4,764 residents make their home in this town in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Winterton’s overall grade, B, puts it better than nearly three in five UK towns. Its place in the ranking is #29 of 61 in Lincolnshire. Pupils here do better than most: primary results beat 88% of towns in England; secondary results beat 81% of towns in England. It is strong on cost of living as well: homes sell for a median £184,647, about 4.1 times local household income. Incomes are on the low side (C−): the mean household earns £49,596 a year. Safety lags: police record 37.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 12 home and vehicle crimes. Only 19% of UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have more crime per resident.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
The 3 things Winterton 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 Winterton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 25 buildings inside Winterton’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
13% 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 Winterton.
Winterton’s two primaries and one secondary have 825 pupils between them. Of its 3 schools, two are shown below, each with the reason. At the 2 primary schools within 3 km, 70% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterton Junior SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 192 | B |
| Winterton Community AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 477 | A− |
Private renters make up 15% of households, below both Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (21%). 14% of households rent from a council or housing body. The £184,647 median rests on 272 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £249,950 | 126 |
| Semi-detached | £155,000 | 117 |
| Terraced | £130,000 | 29 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Police figures for Winterton’s built-up area: 276 crimes and 54 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Winterton has more crime per resident than 81% of them. Also worth knowing: of all the crimes, 62% were violence and sexual offences.
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 nearest A&E to Winterton is Scunthorpe General Hospital, 5.4 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 73% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 21% of residents have a disability, about level with Lincolnshire’s towns (20%) and above England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Winterton | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6.3% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 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 Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 17% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Just over one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment benefit claims came to 3.4% of 16 to 64s in 2026, above both Lincolnshire’s towns (2.4%) and England’s towns (2.3%). Driving is how 86% of commuters got to work at the census. About 14% of its commuters stay in Winterton for work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Winterton’s listed buildings include the Church of All Saints, Grade I. Of the town’s land, 18% lies in conservation areas, above Lincolnshire’s towns (2%) and England’s towns (7%) alike. Before 1919: that is when 13% of homes were built.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.8% of the town, below Lincolnshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%) alike. Typical age in Winterton: 45.7, the median. The under-15s are 17% of the population here.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
| Winterton | Lincolnshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.8% | 6.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 24% | 25% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Lincolnshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
25 listed buildings in Winterton, 1 of them Grade I.
The Cross Keys: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Elms: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Beech House: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · The George Inn: Photo: David Wright · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterton | 4,764 | — | B | A | C− | C |
| Winteringham | 1,012 | 2.3 | — | B+ | A | C+ |
| Burton upon Stather | 2,370 | 3.5 | — | A− | A | C |
| Brough | 13,321 | 5.5 | A+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Scunthorpe | 81,286 | 5.9 | C+ | A | D− | D |
| North Ferriby | 3,964 | 5.9 | A+ | B | A | A+ |
| Broughton | 4,499 | 6.3 | A− | A | B | C+ |
| Barton-upon-Humber | 11,927 | 6.9 | B− | A | C | C |
Winteringham and Burton upon Stather have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 2.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of All Saints.
GCSE results beat 81% of towns in England, and primary results beat 88% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Winterton has 3 state schools; places are handled by North Lincolnshire council.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £184,647, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £130,000, semi-detached houses £155,000 and detached houses £249,950.
Town in Lincolnshire, England
Winterton is a built-up area of 4,764 people, in the North Lincolnshire 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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