Gainsborough East
Middle areaThe west of the West Lindsey. 7,562 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.9 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 43% of people in Gainsborough East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Gainsborough East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gainsborough East at a rate of 127.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.3 per 1,000 people across West Lindsey.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 357 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 190 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 125 |
| Other crime | 122 |
| Shoplifting | 94 |
| Vehicle crime | 33 |
| Burglary | 28 |
| Drug offences | 11 |
| Robbery | 7 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Gainsborough East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Gainsborough East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Gainsborough East at a rate of 127.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 82.3 per 1,000 people across West Lindsey.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 81 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Gainsborough East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (357), anti-social behaviour (190) and criminal damage and arson (125).
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 West Lindsey
These figures are published for the whole of West Lindsey, not for each middle area, so they describe all of West Lindsey and not Gainsborough East alone. See West Lindsey
Gainsborough East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Gainsborough East was £145,000 in 2025.
Gainsborough East had 7,477 usual residents at the census.
About 43% of people in Gainsborough East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Gainsborough East, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.