Lincoln
Lincoln is covered by postcode districts LN1, LN2, LN3, LN4, LN5 and LN6. It is mostly in the Lincoln council area: 2,498 of its 2,549 postcodes. The others are in West Lindsey and North Kesteven.
Every postcode in Lincoln, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 23
- At medium risk at worst: 241
- At low risk at worst: 207
- At very low risk only: 14
- Not on the at-risk list: 2,064
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 2,549 postcodes in Lincoln that ONS places, 23 have a home or business at high risk, 241 are at medium risk at worst, 207 are at low risk at worst, 14 are at very low risk only and 2,064 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.2261, longitude -0.5503. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
23 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 97 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LN5 7TE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 23 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LN2 5DX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 21 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LN5 8AQ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 20 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LN6 7DJ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LN5 7AU, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 17 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. LN6 7SH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Lincoln?
Homes sold for a typical £192,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 2,155 of the 2,419 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5,745 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 485 of its 2,549 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lincoln Central, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Lincoln?
Homes in Lincoln sold for a typical £192,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,106 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £187,725
- 12 months to August 2026
- £192,500
▲ up 2.5% on the 12 months before
Across the whole LN6 district, Lincoln's main postcode district: a typical £226,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lincoln: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Lincoln?
81 of the 2,549 postcodes now in use in Lincoln came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 25 of the 1,294 homes sold in Lincoln were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LN6 district, 8%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Lincoln | Across the LN6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 1,106 (Under 1%) | 10 of 814 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 25 of 1,294 (2%) | 82 of 1,033 (8%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Lincoln?
Ofcom reports on 2,419 of the 2,549 postcodes in Lincoln. At 2,155 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Lincoln at risk of flooding?
485 of the 2,549 postcodes in Lincoln have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 5,745 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Lincoln?
The open schools at the postcodes in Lincoln (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School800 m 255 pupils, 210 places
- The St Faith and St Martin Church of England Junior School, Lincoln1.0 km 356 pupils, 360 places
- The St Faith's Church of England Infant and Nursery School, Lincoln1.0 km 282 pupils, 348 places
- Sir Francis Hill Community Primary School1.1 km 562 pupils, 630 places
- The Lincoln Bishop King Church of England Primary School1.3 km 434 pupils, 472 places
- Westgate Academy1.3 km 428 pupils, 480 places
- Lincoln Minster School1.5 km 408 pupils, 1,184 places
- The Lincoln St Peter-In-Eastgate Church of England Infants Academy1.6 km 79 pupils, 90 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Lincoln?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lincoln is Lincoln Central Rail Station, 700 m away in a straight line.
- Lincoln Central Rail Station Railway station 700 mWalk
- Hykeham Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
- Saxilby Rail Station Railway station 8.8 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Lincoln?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Lincoln, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Brayford Medical Practice600 m
- Heart of Lincoln Health Group800 m
- Abbey Medical Practice1.4 km
- Cliff House Medical Practice1.5 km
- Boultham Park Medical Practice1.8 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Lincoln safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 7,565 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lincoln over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 560 September 2025
- 606 October 2025
- 585 November 2025
- 613 December 2025
- 550 January 2026
- 530 February 2026
- 669 March 2026
- 622 April 2026
- 662 May 2026
- 631 June 2026
- 761 July 2026
- 776 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 146, burglary 131, robbery 121, other crime 92, possession of weapons 74, theft from the person 26.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Lincoln?
- Councils
- Lincoln (2,498), West Lindsey (29) and North Kesteven (22)
- County council
- Lincolnshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Lincoln (2,501), Gainsborough (29) and Sleaford and North Hykeham (19)
- Police force area
- Lincolnshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Lincoln
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Lincoln
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Lincoln postcodes
2,549 postcodes in use in Lincoln, by district:
Those districts are all in the LN postcode area.
Check a Lincoln postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Lincoln
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lincoln's £192,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Lincoln
- What is it like to live in Lincoln?
- Homes sold for a typical £192,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 2,155 of the 2,419 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5,745 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 485 of its 2,549 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lincoln Central, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Lincoln?
- Lincoln is covered by postcode districts LN1, LN2, LN3, LN4, LN5 and LN6, across 2,549 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Lincoln?
- Homes in Lincoln sold for a typical £192,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,106 sales, up 2.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Lincoln?
- In Lincoln, primary schools at its postcodes include The Lincoln St Peter at Gowts Church of England Primary School, The St Faith and St Martin Church of England Junior School, Lincoln and The St Faith's Church of England Infant and Nursery School, Lincoln; secondary schools at its postcodes include Athena School, Lincoln UTC and Lincoln Minster School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Lincoln have a railway station?
- Yes: Lincoln Central is 700 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Lincoln, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Lincoln?
- Ofcom reports on 2,419 of the 2,549 postcodes in Lincoln. At 2,155 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Lincoln at risk of flooding?
- 485 of the 2,549 postcodes in Lincoln have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 5,745 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Lincoln?
- 81 of the 2,549 postcodes now in use in Lincoln came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 25 of the 1,294 homes sold in Lincoln were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the LN6 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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