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DN31

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Grimsby and West Marsh, in North East Lincolnshire.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DN31 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in DN31 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£80,000
4th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,938
Joint 708th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
86.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How DN31 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

DN31Middle
Median sale price32 postcode districts, DN · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in DN32 areas from £80,000 to £295,000. The middle area is £181,750. DN31 is £80,000.
£80,000cheapest
Population32 postcode districts, DN · 2021
Population: every postcode district in DN32 areas from 2,695 to 54,482. The middle area is 22,935. DN31 is 9,938.
9,9385th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares32 postcode districts, DN · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in DN32 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 4.0%. DN31 is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage32 postcode districts, DN · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in DN32 areas from 15.2% to 99.7%. The middle area is 95.1%. DN31 is 86.8%.
86.8%7th lowest

Is DN31 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DN31 at a rate of 416.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 116.1 per 1,000 people across the DN postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 417 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DN31.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,368), other crime (892) and shoplifting (842).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DN31 was 365.5 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in DN31, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DN31 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in DN31

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
North East Lincolnshire 003A1,294206.6 per 1,000197.8%
North East Lincolnshire 003B1,470169.2 per 1,000298.8%
North East Lincolnshire 003C1,571155.9 per 1,000199.4%
North East Lincolnshire 003D1,6771,314.9 per 1,000165.0%
North East Lincolnshire 003E1,532331.5 per 1,000196.4%
North East Lincolnshire 008C1,534104.9 per 1,0003100.0%

MPs for DN31

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Middle areas in DN311

Postcode sectors in DN314

Council1

Towns in DN311

Postcode districts next to DN315

Nearest rail stations4

More in the DN postcode area2

DN31 in brief

DN31 is a postcode district covering Grimsby and West Marsh, in North East Lincolnshire.

About 10,577 people lived in DN31 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £80,000 in 2025 across 113 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 416.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in DN31 was £80,000 in 2025.

DN31 had 9,938 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in DN31 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In DN31, 86.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.