LN6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lincoln, Birchwood and North Hykeham, 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 LN6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In LN6, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How LN6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is LN6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in LN6 at a rate of 88.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.2 per 1,000 people across LN.
In August 2026 alone, 589 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in LN6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,949), anti-social behaviour (1,334) and other crime (835).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in LN6 was 85.9 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 LN6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so LN6 has no single figure. Of its 39 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 7 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 LN6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln 007A | 1,425 | 137.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 007C | 1,749 | 172.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Lincoln 007D | 1,390 | 80.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 007E | 1,186 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| Lincoln 007F | 1,571 | 96.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 008B | 1,756 | 126.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Lincoln 008C | 1,768 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Lincoln 008E | 2,915 | 232.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 48.4% |
| Lincoln 009A | 1,380 | 55.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Lincoln 009B | 1,420 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Lincoln 009C | 1,489 | 36.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.0% |
| Lincoln 009D | 1,331 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 009E | 1,498 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 009F | 1,313 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Lincoln 010A | 1,384 | 250.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 010B | 1,531 | 135.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Lincoln 010C | 1,636 | 143.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 010D | 1,665 | 236.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 011C | 1,364 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 011E | 1,575 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln 011G | 1,674 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Lincoln 011H | 1,540 | 149.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| North Kesteven 003C | 1,609 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 8.7% |
| North Kesteven 003D | 2,588 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 53.6% |
| North Kesteven 003E | 1,718 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.2% |
| North Kesteven 003F | 1,863 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.4% |
| North Kesteven 003H | 1,527 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 62.4% |
| North Kesteven 003I | 1,788 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.6% |
| North Kesteven 003J | 1,862 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| North Kesteven 013A | 2,230 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.4% |
| North Kesteven 013B | 1,883 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.9% |
| North Kesteven 013C | 2,087 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.2% |
| North Kesteven 013D | 2,499 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| North Kesteven 014A | 1,102 | 61.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| North Kesteven 014B | 1,044 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| North Kesteven 014C | 1,148 | 134.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| North Kesteven 014D | 1,139 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| North Kesteven 014E | 2,244 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| North Kesteven 014F | 1,471 | 112.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
MPs for LN6
- Mr Hamish FalconerLabourMP for Lincoln57% of LN6’s postcodes
- Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeMP for Sleaford and North Hykeham43% of LN6’s postcodes
- Robert JenrickReform UKMP for Newark0.1% of LN6’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 LN67
Postcode sectors in LN68
Councils LN6 covers2
Towns in LN62
Postcode districts next to LN63
Nearest rail stations2
More in the LN postcode area2
LN6 in brief
LN6 is a postcode district covering Lincoln, Birchwood and North Hykeham, in Lincoln and North Kesteven.
About 65,616 people lived in LN6 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 1,009 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 88.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in LN6 was £230,000 in 2025.
LN6 had 64,923 usual residents at the census.
In LN6, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In LN6, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.