# Gainsborough

Town in West Lindsey, East Midlands.

Gainsborough is a town in West Lindsey, East Midlands. Median sale price £150,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 175.4 per 1,000 people. About 22,857 people.

Town. Code E63001384. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [West Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey)

Gainsborough is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Gainsborough add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £150,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Gainsborough was £150,000 in 2025. Joint 52nd cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/gainsborough#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 21,899** (2021). Gainsborough had 21,899 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 500th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/gainsborough#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 24%** (2022). About 24% of people in Gainsborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/gainsborough#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.2%** (January 2026). In Gainsborough, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/gainsborough#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001384) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 24% of people in Gainsborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001384) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 388 homes were sold in Gainsborough in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001384) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Gainsborough.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001384) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Gainsborough had 21,899 usual residents at the census.

## How Gainsborough compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Gainsborough | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £150,000 | joint cheapest | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 21,899 | 37th most populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 24% | joint 27th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.2% | joint 32nd lowest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Gainsborough safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gainsborough at a rate of 175.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 318 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Gainsborough.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,469), anti-social behaviour (869) and other crime (522).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Gainsborough was 187.2 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 Gainsborough, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Gainsborough has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Gainsborough

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [West Lindsey 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026380) | 2,559 | 86.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.1% |
| [West Lindsey 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026408) | 1,372 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.6% |
| [West Lindsey 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026378) | 1,726 | 131.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [West Lindsey 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026379) | 1,839 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| [West Lindsey 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026381) | 1,721 | 112.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.7% |
| [West Lindsey 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026382) | 1,773 | 199.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| [West Lindsey 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026383) | 1,298 | 301.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.1% |
| [West Lindsey 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026384) | 2,143 | 553.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.2% |
| [West Lindsey 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026374) | 1,527 | 106.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% |
| [West Lindsey 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026375) | 2,048 | 125.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.5% |
| [West Lindsey 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026376) | 1,692 | 181.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| [West Lindsey 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/neighbourhood/e01026377) | 2,210 | 106.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |

## Your MP

- [Gainsborough](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gainsborough): Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[West Lindsey](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey)

## Postcode districts covering Gainsborough

[DN21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dn21)

## Middle areas in Gainsborough

[Gainsborough East](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/gainsborough-east), [Gainsborough West](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey/gainsborough-west)

## Towns near Gainsborough

[Retford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/retford), [Scunthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/scunthorpe), [Harworth and Bircotes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/harworth-and-bircotes), [New Rossington and Rossington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/new-rossington-and-rossington), [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/doncaster), [Armthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/armthorpe)

## Gainsborough in brief

Gainsborough is a town in West Lindsey, East Midlands.
About 22,857 people lived in Gainsborough in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £150,000 in 2025 across 388 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 175.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Gainsborough was £150,000 in 2025.
Gainsborough had 21,899 usual residents at the census.
About 24% of people in Gainsborough live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Gainsborough, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001384
- Constituency: [Gainsborough †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gainsborough)
- Council: [West Lindsey †](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lindsey)
- Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 6.72 km²
- People, mid-2024: 22,857*
- Neighbourhoods: 12
- Output areas: 71

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Retford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/retford), [Scunthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/scunthorpe), [Harworth and Bircotes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/harworth-and-bircotes), [New Rossington and Rossington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/new-rossington-and-rossington), [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/doncaster), [Armthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/armthorpe)

## Latest updates for Gainsborough

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001384

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/gainsborough, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/gainsborough#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/gainsborough