Grimsby in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Grimsby in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Grimsby plotted against England and United Kingdom. The SNDi of new construction in Grimsby rose steadily, compared to England which peaked in 1991-2005 and United Kingdom which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Grimsby's incremental SNDi rose from 7.04 to 7.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Grimsby ranked 110th out of 124 cities in England and 124th out of 143 in United Kingdom as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.06
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 143rd of 143
- Rank in England
- 124th of 124
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.18
- Rank in United Kingdom
- 124th of 143
- Rank in England
- 110th of 124
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bekoji, Ethiopia
- Ghazni, Afghanistan
- Guanajuato, México
- Doncaster, United Kingdom
- Sittwe, Myanmar
- Heemskerk, Netherlands
Grimsby, Bekoji, and Doncaster all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Grimsby and Doncaster have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.