# Grimsby

Town in North East Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Grimsby is a town in North East Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. Median sale price £141,250 in 2025. Recorded crime 166.4 per 1,000 people.

Town. Code E63001128. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North East Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire)

Grimsby is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Grimsby 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: £141,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Grimsby was £141,250 in 2025. 29th 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/grimsby#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 85,915** (2021). Grimsby had 85,915 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 125th 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/grimsby#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Grimsby 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/grimsby#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.2%** (January 2026). In Grimsby, 97.2% 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/grimsby#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001128) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Grimsby 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=E63001128) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,140 homes were sold in Grimsby in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001128) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Grimsby.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001128) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Grimsby had 85,915 usual residents at the census.

## How Grimsby compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Grimsby | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £141,250 | 3rd cheapest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2025 |
| Population | 85,915 | 10th most populated | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.2% | joint 44th highest | 114 towns, Yorkshire and The Humber · Jan 2026 |

## Is Grimsby safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Grimsby at a rate of 166.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 108.4 per 1,000 people across Yorkshire and The Humber.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 1,265 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Grimsby.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (5,424), other crime (2,803) and shoplifting (1,690).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Grimsby was 168.0 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 Grimsby, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Grimsby has no single figure. Of its 58 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 22 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Grimsby

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [North East Lincolnshire 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013136) | 1,245 | 402.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.4% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013142) | 1,658 | 233.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01035473) | 2,131 | 532.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013218) | 1,294 | 206.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.8% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013219) | 1,470 | 169.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013220) | 1,571 | 155.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013221) | 1,677 | 1,314.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 65.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013222) | 1,532 | 331.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.4% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013144) | 1,420 | 251.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.7% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013145) | 1,196 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013146) | 1,676 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013148) | 1,309 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013138) | 1,320 | 227.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013140) | 1,426 | 228.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013141) | 1,519 | 159.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013143) | 1,370 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013187) | 1,317 | 221.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013188) | 1,560 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013231) | 1,534 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013233) | 1,348 | 141.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013147) | 1,363 | 183.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.3% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013234) | 1,351 | 120.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01033414) | 2,819 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013159) | 1,499 | 171.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013161) | 1,304 | 222.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013162) | 1,514 | 126.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013165) | 1,290 | 234.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.3% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013158) | 1,356 | 126.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013160) | 1,372 | 88.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013163) | 1,265 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013164) | 1,868 | 176.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013149) | 1,091 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013150) | 1,225 | 19.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013227) | 1,511 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013228) | 1,489 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013229) | 1,577 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013206) | 1,369 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013207) | 1,318 | 102.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013211) | 1,412 | 170.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013212) | 1,353 | 165.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013181) | 1,483 | 252.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013182) | 1,447 | 124.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013183) | 1,486 | 144.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013184) | 1,483 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013185) | 1,473 | 122.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 016F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013186) | 1,550 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013204) | 1,386 | 125.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013205) | 1,382 | 275.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013208) | 1,393 | 128.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013209) | 1,433 | 134.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013210) | 1,381 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013189) | 1,584 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013191) | 1,500 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013192) | 1,452 | 96.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013194) | 1,400 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 021F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01035477) | 1,857 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 021G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01035478) | 2,037 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| [North East Lincolnshire 022E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/neighbourhood/e01013193) | 1,508 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |

## Your MP

- [Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/great-grimsby-and-cleethorpes): Melanie Onn (Labour), 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

[North East Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire)

## Postcode districts covering Grimsby

[DN31](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dn31), [DN32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dn32), [DN33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dn33), [DN34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dn34), [DN37](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dn37)

## Middle areas in Grimsby

[Great Coates & The Willows](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/great-coates-and-the-willows), [Grimsby East Marsh & Port](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/grimsby-east-marsh-and-port), [Grimsby West Marsh](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/grimsby-west-marsh), [Holme Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/holme-hill), [Laceby Acres & Wybers Wood](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/laceby-acres-and-wybers-wood), [Littlefield North](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/littlefield-north), [Littlefield South & Grange](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/littlefield-south-and-grange), [New Clee](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/new-clee), [Nunsthorpe](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/nunsthorpe), [Scartho](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/scartho), [Weelsby & Old Clee](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/weelsby-and-old-clee), [Wellow](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/wellow), [Yarborough](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire/yarborough)

## Towns near Grimsby

[Cleethorpes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cleethorpes), [Humberston and New Waltham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/humberston-and-new-waltham), [Immingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/immingham), [Hedon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hedon), [Kingston upon Hull](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-hull), [Louth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/louth)

## Grimsby in brief

Grimsby is a town in North East Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
About 87,480 people lived in Grimsby in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £141,250 in 2025 across 1,140 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 166.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Grimsby was £141,250 in 2025.
Grimsby had 85,915 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Grimsby live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Grimsby, 97.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001128
- Constituency: [Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/great-grimsby-and-cleethorpes)
- Council: [North East Lincolnshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire)
- Region: [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 24.73 km²
- People, mid-2024: 87,480*
- Neighbourhoods: 58
- Output areas: 299

* 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

[Cleethorpes](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cleethorpes), [Humberston and New Waltham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/humberston-and-new-waltham), [Immingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/immingham), [Hedon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hedon), [Kingston upon Hull](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-hull), [Louth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/louth)

## Latest updates for Grimsby

- 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/E63001128

## How to cite

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