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Awsworth

Awsworth is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 2,634. It has 1 pharmacy and around 8 restaurants and cafés, along with 12 bus stops and Ilkeston railway station 1.6 km away. There were around 88 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 Awsworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Broxtowe area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 110,939 residents at roughly 1,385 people per km².

Council
Broxtowe
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Broxtowe
Police force
Nottinghamshire
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 104th of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.

Home affordability60
Affordable rents53
Good schools95
Life expectancy41
Low deprivation70
Employment57
Low council tax8

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

18°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:27

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

84 reported · July 2026 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences28
  • Anti-social behaviour18
  • Public order12
  • Shoplifting12

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Eastwood North · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • How priorities are chosen: The priorities for the Broxtowe NPA is reviewed every 3 months in a Multi-Agency meeting attended by Police, B…

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

Road safety

156 reported road collisions (2024)

30 killed or seriously injured · 181 casualties · 14.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

351 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 289 rated 4–5 ★ (259 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ilkeston (1.6 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ilkeston (1.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£253,021 average 2.1% YoY

Across Broxtowe · to 2026-06

Detached£361,666
Semi-detached£243,790
Terraced£189,172
Flat£123,151

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£945 average monthly rent 0.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £654
  • 2 bed £842
  • 3 bed £1,007

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.7 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (3.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.4 km)

30 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

50 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: IKEA Nottingham (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches17
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

110,939 residents in Broxtowe · 1,385/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 223 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,618 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (32% of 52,160)

A £1,745
B £2,036
C £2,327
D £2,618
E £3,200
F £3,782
G £4,364
H £5,236

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

Schools

45 schools · 15,635 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 21 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

41inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bramcote CollegeGood
  • George Spencer AcademyGood
  • Hall Park AcademyGood
  • Alderman White School
  • Chilwell School
  • The Kimberley School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broxtowe

Care & health services

796 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes283
  • GP practices107
  • Dentists132
  • Homecare agencies205
  • Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Nottinghamshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

109 applications decided

94.5% granted · 103 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Juliet Campbell

Labour

Broxtowe

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Independent coalition

  • Lab 7
  • Con 10
  • LD 3
  • Oth 24

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies3
  • Parks & greens16
  • Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

28 jobs advertised · £42,379 avg

e.g. Yard Operative, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Become a Biology Tutor in Awsworth – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£725 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,598 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,799 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 62% · Biomass 25% · Solar 7% · Imports 3%

273 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in NG16

  • Eastwood Primary Care Centre, Church Street Site
  • Newthorpe Medical Practice
  • Selston Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broxtowe:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Awsworth · 0.2 km

    Awsworth is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, England. Its population of 2,266 in the 2001 census and 2,204 in that of 2011, further decreasing to 2,166 for the 2021 census. It is…

  • Awsworth railway station · 0.2 km

    Awsworth railway station was a former railway station in Awsworth, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway on its Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension on 1st November 1880.

  • Giltbrook Viaduct · 0.7 km

    Giltbrook Viaduct was a sigmoid railway viaduct built in the Erewash Valley between Giltbrook and Awsworth Junction in Nottinghamshire.

  • Bennerley Viaduct · 0.9 km

    Bennerley Viaduct is a former railway bridge, now a foot and cycle bridge, between Ilkeston, Derbyshire, and Awsworth, Nottinghamshire, in central England. It was completed in 1877 and carried the Great Northern Railw…

  • Babbington · 1.2 km

    Babbington is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 2 miles south of Kimberley, close to the M1 motorway. It is part of Kimberley civil parish.

  • Ilkeston F.C. · 1.4 km

    Ilkeston Football Club was an English semi-professional football club based at the New Manor Ground in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Awsworth?
Awsworth is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Broxtowe local authority.
What is the population of Awsworth?
Awsworth has an approximate settlement population of 2,634.
How deprived is Awsworth?
The Broxtowe local authority, which includes Awsworth, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.