DN21 3BE

Gainsborough North · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DN21 3BQ 76 m
DN21 3AQ 77 m
DN21 3BD 79 m
DN21 3BL 84 m
DN21 3AE 96 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN21 3BE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 March 2009
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN21
Postcode sector
DN21 3
Latitude
53.414096
Longitude
-0.787439
British National Grid easting
480,693
British National Grid northing
391,492

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
E00134025
Lower layer super output area
West Lindsey 004C · E01026381
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
20
Primary
12
Secondary
2
  1. Morton Trentside Primary School

    Community school

    282 m
  2. Illuminate You

    Other independent special school

    459 m
  3. The Queen Elizabeth's High School, Gainsborough

    Community school

    689 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
937
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 441
  • Anti social behaviour 180
  • Criminal damage and arson 103
  • Other theft 44
  • Other crime 36

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DN21 3 residents
7,431

Age bands in DN21 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

1,045 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

672 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

1,331 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.5%

2,346 residents

Age 65 and over
27.5%

2,044 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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • CLEVELAND SURGERY

    VANESSA DRIVE, GAINSBOROUGH, DN21 2UQ

    ODS code C83018

    523 m

  • CASKGATE STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code C83044

    1.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Eagre Bus Depot

    BCT · Morton

    0.1 miles
  • Front Street

    BCT · Morton

    0.1 miles
  • Front Street

    BCT · Morton

    0.1 miles
  • County School

    BCT · Morton

    0.2 miles
  • County School

    BCT · Morton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lindsey 004C, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,138 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
4 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Morton Trentside Primary School is the nearest published school at 282 m.

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

Recorded crime

937 published events cover 12 months, averaging 78.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 441 events.

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