DN21 2BQ

Gainsborough South-West · West Lindsey · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
West Lindsey
Constituency
Gainsborough
Postcode district
DN21
Postcode sector
DN21 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DN21 2BG 22 m
DN21 2HJ 48 m
DN21 2HQ 76 m
DN21 2HH 87 m
DN21 2HL 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN21 2BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2011
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN21
Postcode sector
DN21 2
Latitude
53.401664
Longitude
-0.770765
British National Grid easting
481,825
British National Grid northing
390,128

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
West Lindsey · E07000142
Parish or community
E04006081
Westminster constituency
Gainsborough · E14001243
Output area
E00185300
Lower layer super output area
West Lindsey 004F · E01026384
Middle layer super output area
West Lindsey 004 · E02005495

Postcode source versions

Explore DN21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
2
  1. Handel House Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    219 m
  2. The Gainsborough Parish Church Primary School

    Academy converter

    436 m
  3. Castles Education

    Other independent school

    624 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,430
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,309
  • Anti social behaviour 577
  • Shoplifting 430
  • Criminal damage and arson 379
  • Public order 167

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

7 female, 11 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.0
DN21 2 residents
7,049

Age bands in DN21 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

1,355 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

797 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.7%

1,846 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

1,914 residents

Age 65 and over
17.8%

1,283 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DN21 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • CASKGATE STREET SURGERY

    ELSWITHA HALL, 3 CASKGATE STREET, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 2DJ

    ODS code C83044

    536 m

  • CLEVELAND SURGERY

    VANESSA DRIVE, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 2UQ

    ODS code C83018

    1.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Surgery

    BCT · Gainsborough

    0.1 miles
  • Surgery

    BCT · Gainsborough

    0.1 miles
  • Hawthorn Avenue

    BCT · Gainsborough

    0.1 miles
  • Hawthorn Avenue

    BCT · Gainsborough

    0.1 miles
  • Gainsborough Central Rail Station

    RLY · Gainsborough

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lindsey 004F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,001 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Handel House Preparatory School is the nearest published school at 219 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,430 published events cover 12 months, averaging 285.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,309 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.