LN1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lincoln, Ermine and Saxilby, in Lincoln and West Lindsey.
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 LN1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 73% of people in LN1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LN1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LN1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LN1 at a rate of 110.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.2 per 1,000 people across the LN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 316 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LN1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,360), anti-social behaviour (734) and other crime (557).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LN1 was 113.6 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 LN1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LN1 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LN1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln 001A | 1,703 | 118.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Lincoln 001B | 1,765 | 215.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Lincoln 003B | 2,265 | 120.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Lincoln 003C | 2,486 | 113.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| Lincoln 003D | 1,884 | 184.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.9% |
| Lincoln 003E | 2,100 | 93.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.3% |
| Lincoln 005C | 1,668 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 005D | 2,024 | 164.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Lincoln 005E | 1,243 | 110.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Lincoln 005F | 1,813 | 386.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 71.7% |
| West Lindsey 005C | 1,517 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 29.7% |
| West Lindsey 007B | 2,445 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 78.9% |
| West Lindsey 007C | 1,237 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 28.9% |
| West Lindsey 007D | 1,620 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 3.2% |
| West Lindsey 009A | 1,305 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% |
| West Lindsey 009C | 1,573 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 60.2% |
| West Lindsey 009D | 1,597 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 13.2% |
| West Lindsey 009E | 1,656 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.9% |
| West Lindsey 009F | 1,205 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.9% |
MPs for LN1
- Mr Hamish FalconerLabourMP for Lincoln55% of LN1’s postcodes
- Sir Edward LeighConservativeMP for Gainsborough45% of LN1’s postcodes
- Robert JenrickReform UKMP for Newark0.1% of LN1’s postcodes
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 LN15
Postcode sectors in LN16
Councils LN1 covers2
Towns in LN11
Postcode districts next to LN17
Nearest rail stations1
More in the LN postcode area2
LN1 in brief
LN1 is a postcode district covering Lincoln, Ermine and Saxilby, in Lincoln and West Lindsey.
About 31,839 people lived in LN1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £230,000 in 2025 across 465 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 110.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LN1 was £230,000 in 2025.
LN1 had 31,540 usual residents at the census.
About 73% of people in LN1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LN1, 78.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.