Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Census 2021
7,746
Households
3,629
Crimes · Aug '26
31
3,629
Households
White Brit. · 96%
Ethnicity
Christian · 52%
Religion
Most deprived 40⁠–⁠50%
Avg IMD
31
Crimes · Aug '26
£195,000
Median property price · Sep 2025⁠–⁠Aug 2026 · 127 sales
276
Postcodes

Sold prices in Horncastle

England & Wales
Property sales · Horncastle
HM Land Registry · Horncastle
Average price
£221,781
Median price: £195,000
Median -10.5% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 127 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Sep '25 – Aug '26Aug '26: 13 sales · avg £221,458
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£279k£213k£146k
Sep '25Dec '25Mar '26Jun '26Aug '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Horncastle

England & Wales
Crime trends · Horncastle

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
13
YoY +18%
26130
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
7
YoY —
22110
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
420
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
420
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
4
YoY -60%
1050
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
7
YoY —
25130
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

1 of 6 key categories improving · violent crime rising

31
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Horncastle

Ethnicity

Total residents: 7,745
White Brit.96.1%
Other White1.3%
White Irish0.5%
Bangladeshi0.3%
Other Asian0.3%
+ 12 other groups · 1.4%

Religion

Total residents: 7,745
Christian51.8%
No religion40.1%
Not answered6.8%
Other religion0.6%
Muslim0.5%
+ 4 other religions · 0.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 7,745
50–6422.5%
35–4915.6%
65–7413.1%
25–3410.4%
75–8410.1%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.2%

Households

Total households: 3,629
One person: aged 66+17.3%
One person: other16.4%
Single family household, all members 66+13.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children13.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.6%
+ 9 other households · 28.8%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Horncastle

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 4.73 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.73 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Horncastle

4% of postcodes (10 of 276) are in Flood Zone 3 and 14% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 310 (4%)
  • Zone 239 (14%)
  • Zone 1227 (82%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Amenities in Horncastle

GPs make up most of the mapped places

22 GPs · 13 Museums · 10 Libraries · 48 in all

  • GPs22
  • Museums13
  • Libraries10
  • Hospitals3

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

School applications

We've matched this area to Lincolnshire.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

East Lindsey is the district council. School applications go through Lincolnshire.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare a postcode with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Overview of Horncastle

Coordinates53.2048, -0.1134
Postcodes
276
Census 2021
7,746
Households (Census)
3,629
Recorded crime · Aug '26
31

Postcode Districts in Horncastle

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