Property market
The five-year median is £158,000 from 4,161 recorded sales in DN21. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for West Lindsey is £210,732 in June 2026, up 8.9% year on year.
DN21
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,685
- Current units
- 1,371
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 12
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 314
Postcode sectors in DN21
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
23,590 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4, Larch Court, Gainsborough, DN21 1FH | 28 July 2026 | £250,000 |
| 47, Foxby Lane, Gainsborough, DN21 1PP | 24 July 2026 | £90,000 |
| 14, Saxon Court, Blyton, Gainsborough, DN21 3PH | 21 July 2026 | £265,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 27
- Primary
- 18
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 4,568
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,763
- Anti social behaviour 770
- Criminal damage and arson 503
- Shoplifting 491
- Public order 227
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DN21 usual residents
- 39,038
- Age-profile population
- 39,188
Age bands in DN21
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.9%
- 6,623 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- 3,943 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.5%
- 8,813 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- 11,224 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 21.9%
- 8,585 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,335 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 50%
In this district, 1,043 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 802 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 20 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
CASKGATE STREET SURGERY
ELSWITHA HALL, 3 CASKGATE STREET, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 2DJ
ODS code C83044
CLEVELAND SURGERY
VANESSA DRIVE, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 2UQ
ODS code C83018
KIRTON LINDSEY AND SCOTTER SURGERY
THE SURGERY, TRAINGATE, KIRTON LINDSEY, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 4PQ
ODS code B81099
WILLINGHAM-BY-STOW SURGERY
HIGH STREET, WILLINGHAM BY STOW, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 5JZ
ODS code C83074
Evidence in context
Schools
27 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,568 published events cover 12 months, averaging 381 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,763 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.