LN2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lincoln and St Giles, 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 LN2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 98% of people in LN2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How LN2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LN2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LN2 at a rate of 137.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.2 per 1,000 people across the LN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 603 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LN2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,091), anti-social behaviour (1,356) and other crime (1,014).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LN2 was 133.3 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 LN2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LN2 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LN2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln 001C | 1,437 | 112.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.8% |
| Lincoln 001D | 1,736 | 286.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 002A | 2,561 | 132.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| Lincoln 002B | 1,845 | 18.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Lincoln 002C | 1,410 | 101.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Lincoln 002D | 1,686 | 163.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Lincoln 003A | 1,495 | 788.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.3% |
| Lincoln 003F | 1,567 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 003G | 1,827 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.3% |
| Lincoln 004A | 2,129 | 467.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.3% |
| Lincoln 004B | 2,580 | 192.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.0% |
| Lincoln 004C | 1,814 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 004D | 1,940 | 269.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.7% |
| Lincoln 004E | 1,554 | 122.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 004F | 1,406 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 004G | 1,295 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| West Lindsey 008A | 2,550 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.9% |
| West Lindsey 008B | 1,978 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.3% |
| West Lindsey 008C | 2,110 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.5% |
| West Lindsey 010A | 1,535 | 13.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.5% |
| West Lindsey 010B | 2,353 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.9% |
| West Lindsey 010C | 1,510 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| West Lindsey 010D | 1,523 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 37.5% |
| West Lindsey 010E | 1,189 | 11.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 63.0% |
MPs for LN2
- Mr Hamish FalconerLabourMP for Lincoln60% of LN2’s postcodes
- Sir Edward LeighConservativeMP for Gainsborough40% of LN2’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 LN24
Postcode sectors in LN25
Councils LN2 covers2
Towns in LN21
Postcode districts next to LN25
More in the LN postcode area2
LN2 in brief
LN2 is a postcode district covering Lincoln and St Giles, in Lincoln and West Lindsey.
About 44,682 people lived in LN2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £250,000 in 2025 across 768 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 137.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LN2 was £250,000 in 2025.
LN2 had 42,590 usual residents at the census.
About 98% of people in LN2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In LN2, 89.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.