Bassetlaw vs East Lindsey: buying or renting a home
A typical terraced house costs £10,125 (7%) more in East Lindsey than in Bassetlaw. Measured against local pay, buying is harder in East Lindsey: it takes 4.8× median annual pay, against 4.1× in Bassetlaw.
At a glance
| Bassetlaw | East Lindsey | |
|---|---|---|
| Buying a home | Fairly affordable | Fairly affordable |
| Renting a home | Fairly affordable | Fairly affordable |
| Recorded crime | About average | About average |
Buying rates the typical price of all homes against median pay; renting rates a year of average rent against median pay; crime rates recorded crime per resident against the England and Wales average.
What the numbers say
Median full-time pay in East Lindsey (£31,516) is 9% lower than in Bassetlaw (£34,744), while a typical terraced house costs 7% more (£151,125 against £141,000). Set against local pay, Bassetlaw is the easier of the two for a typical earner to buy in.
Buying a terraced house takes 4.1× annual pay in Bassetlaw and 4.8× in East Lindsey. Renting one takes 25% of pay in Bassetlaw and 27% in East Lindsey. Both are harder in East Lindsey, and the gap is wider for buying.
Across all property types and measured against pay, Bassetlaw is the 75th least expensive of 316 areas to buy in, and East Lindsey is the 107th least expensive of 316 areas. For renting against pay, Bassetlaw is the 34th least expensive of 316 areas and East Lindsey is the 69th least expensive of 316 areas.
Someone on £40,000 in Bassetlaw would need about £43,000 in East Lindsey to be equally placed to buy a terraced house, and about £39,000 to be equally placed to rent one. Keeping the same pay after a move to East Lindsey would leave you worse placed to buy. These figures compare housing costs only; they ignore other living costs and the pay you could earn in a new job.
Police recorded 80.0 crimes per 1,000 residents in Bassetlaw and 71.0 in East Lindsey, so recorded crime per resident is 11% lower in East Lindsey. The biggest difference is in vehicle offences: 5.8 per 1,000 in Bassetlaw against 2.3 in East Lindsey.
Can a typical earner buy?
| Terraced house | Bassetlaw | East Lindsey |
|---|---|---|
| Median full-time pay | £34,744 | £31,516 |
| House price ÷ pay | 4.1× | 4.8× |
| Median pay as a share of income typically needed to buy | 123% | 104% |
| Rent a year as a share of median pay | 25% | 27% |
Buying, by property type
| Type | Bassetlaw | East Lindsey | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £309,250 | £265,000 | -14% in East Lindsey |
| Semi-detached | £182,000 | £180,000 | -1% in East Lindsey |
| Terraced | £141,000 | £151,125 | +7% in East Lindsey |
Renting, by property type
| Type (average rent a month) | Bassetlaw | East Lindsey | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | £964 | £823 | -15% in East Lindsey |
| Semi-detached | £753 | £762 | +1% in East Lindsey |
| Terraced | £715 | £700 | -2% in East Lindsey |
Crime
Police recorded 80.0 crimes per 1,000 residents in Bassetlaw and 71.0 in East Lindsey, so recorded crime per resident is 11% lower in East Lindsey.
| Police recorded crime per 1,000 residents | Bassetlaw | East Lindsey | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| All recorded crime (excluding fraud) | 80.0 | 71.0 | -11% in East Lindsey |
| Violence against the person | 27.7 | 31.6 | +14% in East Lindsey |
| Sexual offences | 2.7 | 3.7 | +39% in East Lindsey |
| Robbery | 0.9 | 0.5 | -46% in East Lindsey |
| Residential burglary (per 1,000 households) | 7.4 | 4.7 | -36% in East Lindsey |
| Vehicle offences | 5.8 | 2.3 | -60% in East Lindsey |
| Theft from the person | 0.5 | 0.2 | -65% in East Lindsey |
| Criminal damage and arson | 9.2 | 7.3 | -21% in East Lindsey |
Rates use resident population, so city centres and student areas show higher crime per resident than residents experience. Recorded crime also depends on reporting and police recording practice.
How prices have changed in each area
Average house price for all property types, indexed so that 2005 is 100. A line at 200 means prices have doubled.
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| Year | Bassetlaw | East Lindsey |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 100 | 100 |
| 2006 | 106 | 104 |
| 2007 | 112 | 111 |
| 2008 | 109 | 104 |
| 2009 | 99 | 97 |
| 2010 | 100 | 99 |
| 2011 | 97 | 97 |
| 2012 | 98 | 95 |
| 2013 | 100 | 97 |
| 2014 | 103 | 102 |
| 2015 | 108 | 106 |
| 2016 | 115 | 111 |
| 2017 | 120 | 119 |
| 2018 | 125 | 124 |
| 2019 | 128 | 129 |
| 2020 | 133 | 128 |
| 2021 | 146 | 141 |
| 2022 | 161 | 159 |
| 2023 | 160 | 162 |
| 2024 | 162 | 158 |
| 2025 | 171 | 157 |
| 12 months to July 2026 | 176 | 159 |
In 2005 the average home cost £118,855 in Bassetlaw and £134,039 in East Lindsey. Now it is £209,417 and £213,545: Bassetlaw is up 76% and East Lindsey is up 59%. Prices have risen faster in Bassetlaw, so the gap between the two has narrowed.
Buying a home against local pay, over time
Average house price divided by median full-time pay. Higher means harder to afford.
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| Year | Bassetlaw | East Lindsey |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5.5 years of pay | 7.0 years of pay |
| 2010 | 4.9 years of pay | 6.2 years of pay |
| 2015 | 5.1 years of pay | – |
| 2020 | 5.4 years of pay | 6.5 years of pay |
| 2025 | 5.9 years of pay | 6.7 years of pay |
In 2005 a home cost 5.5 years of pay in Bassetlaw and 7.0 years in East Lindsey. In 2025 it was 5.9 years and 6.7 years.
Affordability has worsened more in Bassetlaw over that time.
How rents have changed in each area
Average monthly rent for all property types, indexed so that 2015 is 100.
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| Year | Bassetlaw | East Lindsey |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 100 | 100 |
| 2016 | 102 | 101 |
| 2017 | 104 | 103 |
| 2018 | 107 | 105 |
| 2019 | 109 | 106 |
| 2020 | 111 | 109 |
| 2021 | 115 | 111 |
| 2022 | 118 | 115 |
| 2023 | 126 | 121 |
| 2024 | 133 | 130 |
| 2025 | 143 | 137 |
| August 2026 | 150 | 147 |
In 2015 the average rent was £486 a month in Bassetlaw and £480 in East Lindsey. Now it is £727 and £704: up 50% in Bassetlaw and up 47% in East Lindsey.
What your salary is worth in each area
Salary needed to afford the same kind of home (terraced), going by median prices and average rents.
Moving from Bassetlaw to East Lindsey
| Earning in Bassetlaw | Equivalent to buy in East Lindsey | Equivalent to rent in East Lindsey |
|---|---|---|
| £30,000 | £32,000 | £29,500 |
| £40,000 | £43,000 | £39,000 |
| £50,000 | £53,500 | £49,000 |
| £60,000 | £64,500 | £58,500 |
Moving from East Lindsey to Bassetlaw
| Earning in East Lindsey | Equivalent to buy in Bassetlaw | Equivalent to rent in Bassetlaw |
|---|---|---|
| £30,000 | £28,000 | £30,500 |
| £40,000 | £37,500 | £41,000 |
| £50,000 | £46,500 | £51,000 |
| £60,000 | £56,000 | £61,500 |