Waltham

Our windmill works. We'll tell you about it.

Twinned with a windmill that still works

15/100Crap Score

Too small for the table, which starts at 10,000 people, but it still scores 15. Higher scores are crapper.

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Crap Town of the Year 2026/27

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Yes, we know about the windmill

A working windmill, and the old Waltham station was in New Waltham. That's the news.

Waltham has a windmill that still works, and it never stops going on about it. It's quiet and nobody misbehaves, which is annoying. The worry is that new estates will join it up with the villages next door. The High Street's short of parking and the doctors are full. The old Waltham station was in New Waltham. Nobody knows why.

Even the windmill's ended up on the at-risk register, so all that bragging hasn't kept it in good nick. Crime's well under half the typical town's and the anti-social behaviour barely registers. There's no swimming pool and 3 pubs. Grimsby's down the road, close enough to feel smug about.

The editor, who heard all about the windmill

What the score is made of

Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.

Waltham's 71 for deliberate fires means it's crapper than 71% of towns.

Deliberate fires71/10010.0 per 10,000 people a year, April 2023 to March 2026
Fly-tipping65/10013.8 incidents per 1,000 people a year, North East Lincolnshire council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
Air pollution36/1005.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of fine particles, 2024 average
Serious road collisions36/1001.9 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
Food hygiene34/1000.0% rated 0 to 2, of the 22 food businesses with a rating
Broadband34/1006.1% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 5.8% across the North East Lincolnshire council area
Sewage spills31/100101 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
Rain29/100120 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
Anti-social behaviour2/1004.0 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
Criminal damage and arson0/1002.4 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026

**Your patch: Lincolnshire**Towns in the same county. Top of the table is crappest.
Pos	Town	National	Score
9	Spalding	352nd	64
10	Grantham	467th	53
11	Stamford	529th	46
12	Sleaford	539th	45
In danger of becoming nice from here down.13	Humberston and New Waltham	667th	32
14	Barton-upon-Humber	669th	32
15	Bourne	836th	15
–	Waltham	–	15
16	North Hykeham	855th	13

Below the dashed line: in danger of becoming nice.

Waltham by numbers

Thinking of moving here? Don't say we didn't warn you.

Crime, muck and dodgy water

What's left on the high street

Getting about, getting online, getting rained on

North East Lincolnshire council

Have a crap-off

Waltham against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.

Against

WalthamCrap Score 15

Humberston and New WalthamCrap Score 32

Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.