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Carholme

Ward

North Lincoln. About 10,813 people in 4.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 97% of people in Carholme live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
11,225
Joint 1,894th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
97%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Carholme compares

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

CarholmeMiddle
Population11 wards, Lincoln · 2021
Population: every ward in Lincoln11 areas from 7,723 to 12,002. The middle area is 8,721. Carholme is 11,225.
11,2254th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares11 wards, Lincoln · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Lincoln11 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.0%. Carholme is 97.0%.
97%6th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage11 wards, Lincoln · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Lincoln11 areas from 58.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.4%. Carholme is 93.6%.
93.6%3rd lowest
Claimant rate11 wards, Lincoln · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Lincoln11 areas from 2.2% to 6.1%. The middle area is 3.7%. Carholme is 2.9%.
2.9%4th lowest

Is Carholme safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Carholme at a rate of 157.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 161.6 per 1,000 people across Lincoln.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 166 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Carholme.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (667), anti-social behaviour (372) and other crime (304).

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.

Figures for the whole of Lincoln

These figures are published for the whole of Lincoln, not for each ward, so they describe all of Lincoln and not Carholme alone. See Lincoln

Average house price
£187,079
Up 2.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,301
38th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.5×
Joint 59th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
28.9
47th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Carholme in brief

Carholme had 11,225 usual residents at the census.

About 97% of people in Carholme live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Carholme, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Carholme, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.