LN5 9GZ

Witham St Hughs & Swinderby · North Kesteven · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Kesteven
Postcode district
LN5
Postcode sector
LN5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LN5 9EJ 910 m
LN6 6AG 1.2 km
LN6 6AL 1.3 km
LN6 6AP 1.3 km
LN6 6AE 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LN5 9GZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2013
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LN
Postcode district
LN5
Postcode sector
LN5 9
Latitude
53.169701
Longitude
-0.663613
British National Grid easting
489,431
British National Grid northing
364,452

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
North Kesteven · E07000139
Parish or community
E04012159
Output area
E00133028
Lower layer super output area
North Kesteven 003D · E01026199
Middle layer super output area
North Kesteven 003 · E02005455

Postcode source versions

Explore LN5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. The St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Thorpe on the Hill

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.9 km
  2. Witham St Hughs Academy

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  3. Swinderby All Saints Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other crime 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
LN5 9 residents
12,611

Age bands in LN5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

2,187 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

1,330 residents

Age 25 to 44
26%

3,467 residents

Age 45 to 64
27%

3,596 residents

Age 65 and over
20.5%

2,733 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LN5 9 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

1

within 5 km

  • RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE

    MOOR LANE, NORTH HYKEHAM, LINCOLN, LN6 9AY

    ODS code C83025

    4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Old Haddington Lane

    BCT · Haddington

    0.8 miles
  • Aster Way

    BCT · Witham St Hughs

    0.9 miles
  • Aster Way

    BCT · Witham St Hughs

    0.9 miles
  • Amaryllis Close

    BCT · Witham St Hughs

    0.9 miles
  • Amaryllis Close

    BCT · Witham St Hughs

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Kesteven 003D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,898 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. The St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Thorpe on the Hill is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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