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Arnold

Arnold is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 37,873. It has around 2 pharmacies and 6 restaurants and cafés, 95 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Carlton, 4.9 km away. There were around 352 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Arnold area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Gedling area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 117,260 residents at roughly 977 people per km².

Council
Gedling
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Gedling
Police force
Nottinghamshire
44/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 186th of 294 English council areas — better than 37% of them.

Home affordability56
Affordable rents55
Good schools25
Life expectancy50
Low deprivation70
Employment52
Low council tax9

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 56% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:28

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

313 reported · August 2026▲ 15% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences89
  • Anti-social behaviour79
  • Shoplifting25
  • Drugs21

Neighbourhood team: Arnold & Woodthorpe · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Priority: Acquisitive Crime (Burglary, Robbery, Shoplifting, Theft)​ Priority Period: October to December 2026 How priorities are chosen:…
  • Priority: Vehicle Nuisance (including speeding, car cruising, illegal e bikes, electric scooters, off road bikes)​ Priority Period: Octob…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

173 reported road collisions (2025)

41 killed or seriously injured · 204 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 411 rated 4–5 ★ (387 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bulwell (4.2 km)
  • 93 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bulwell (4.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£245,028 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across Gedling · to 2026-08

Detached£363,530
Semi-detached£235,102
Terraced£180,046
Flat£115,200

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£904 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £630
  • 2 bed £795
  • 3 bed £979

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,646 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · BP (0.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (0.8 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

97 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 39 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: St Albans Road Car Park, Nottingham (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Gyms4
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches46
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

117,260 residents in Gedling · 977/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,409
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,184
  • Net moves+1,225

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 209 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,610 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 55,360)

A £1,740
B £2,030
C £2,320
D £2,610
E £3,189
F £3,769
G £4,349
H £5,219

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

57 schools · 19,177 pupils

44 primary · 7 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

53 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Redhill AcademyOutstanding
  • Colonel Frank Seely AcademyGood
  • The Oakwood AcademyGood
  • Carlton le Willows AcademyInadequate
  • Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
  • Carlton Academy
  • Christ The King Voluntary Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gedling

Care & health services

797 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes282
  • GP practices108
  • Dentists132
  • Homecare agencies205
  • Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Nottinghamshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

89 applications decided

91% granted · 81 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Michael Payne

Labour

Gedling

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 24
  • Con 9
  • LD 4
  • Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools21
  • GPs & clinics6
  • Pharmacies5
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens147
  • Restaurants & cafés55

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

28 jobs advertised · £30,027 avg

e.g. Property End of Tenancy Cleaners, Internet Crowd Worker, Commercial Cleaners for Offices

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£764 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,982 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 60,260 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

44% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 24% · Biomass 18% · Imports 2%

236 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday6.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

16 GP surgeries · 16 pharmacies in NG5

  • Nottinghamshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
  • Elmswood Surgery
  • Stenhouse Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gedling:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • St Paul's Church, Daybrook · 0.3 km

    The Church of St. Paul is a parish church in the Church of England, located on Mansfield Road in Daybrook, Nottingham. The parish includes St Timothy church centre. St Paul's church is a Grade II* listed building by…

  • Sir John Robinson's Almshouses · 0.3 km

    The Sir John Robinson Almshouses are a collection of twelve two-bedroom cottages erected in 1899 on Mansfield Road, Daybrook, Arnold, Nottingham, England.

  • Daybrook · 0.3 km

    Daybrook is a suburb of Arnold, Nottinghamshire. The area is located just outside the city of Nottingham but inside the conurbation of Greater Nottingham. It lies next to the areas of Arnold town centre, Sherwood, Woo…

  • Daybrook Baptist Church · 0.5 km

    Daybrook Baptist Church is on Mansfield Road in Daybrook, near Arnold, Nottingham.

  • Arnold, Nottinghamshire · 0.7 km

    Arnold is a market town in the Borough of Gedling in Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated to the north-east of Nottingham's city boundary. Arnold is located in the northeastern part of the conurbation of Greater N…

  • Daybrook railway station · 0.7 km

    Daybrook railway station was a railway station in Daybrook, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension in 1875–6 and closed in 1960. The station also ser…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Arnold?
Arnold is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Gedling local authority.
What is the population of Arnold?
Arnold has an approximate settlement population of 37,873.
How deprived is Arnold?
The Gedling local authority, which includes Arnold, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.