LN5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering St Catherines, New Boultham and Bracebridge, in Lincoln and North Kesteven.
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 LN5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LN5, 76.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LN5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LN5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LN5 at a rate of 127.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.2 per 1,000 people across LN.
In August 2026 alone, 489 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LN5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,550), anti-social behaviour (1,236) and other crime (816).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LN5 was 124.1 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 LN5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LN5 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in LN5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln 005A | 3,697 | 182.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 29.4% |
| Lincoln 006A | 1,998 | 246.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Lincoln 006B | 2,114 | 660.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.9% |
| Lincoln 006C | 2,228 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Lincoln 006D | 1,971 | 243.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Lincoln 008D | 1,516 | 138.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Lincoln 008F | 1,456 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.7% |
| Lincoln 010E | 1,838 | 226.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Lincoln 011A | 1,187 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 011B | 1,472 | 25.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.4% |
| Lincoln 011D | 1,337 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| Lincoln 011F | 1,202 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| North Kesteven 003B | 1,511 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 20.7% |
| North Kesteven 004A | 1,962 | 17.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| North Kesteven 004B | 2,223 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.6% |
| North Kesteven 004E | 1,133 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.5% |
| North Kesteven 004F | 1,512 | 34.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.7% |
| North Kesteven 006A | 1,241 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 2.8% |
| North Kesteven 006B | 2,124 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| North Kesteven 006C | 1,897 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 79.6% |
| North Kesteven 006D | 1,476 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 31.2% |
MPs for LN5
- Mr Hamish FalconerLabourMP for Lincoln62% of LN5’s postcodes
- Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeMP for Sleaford and North Hykeham38% of LN5’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 LN54
Postcode sectors in LN55
Councils LN5 covers2
Towns in LN51
Postcode districts next to LN59
More in the LN postcode area2
LN5 in brief
LN5 is a postcode district covering St Catherines, New Boultham and Bracebridge, in Lincoln and North Kesteven.
About 38,687 people lived in LN5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £210,000 in 2025 across 502 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 127.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LN5 was £210,000 in 2025.
LN5 had 36,547 usual residents at the census.
In LN5, 76.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LN5, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.