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Balderton

Balderton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with 32 bus stops and Newark Northgate railway station 3.3 km away. It has around 5 restaurants and cafés, and there were around 147 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 Balderton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Newark and Sherwood area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 122,955 residents at roughly 189 people per km².

Council
Newark and Sherwood
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Newark
Police force
Nottinghamshire
47/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 168th of 294 English council areas — better than 43% of them.

Low crime61
Home affordability69
Affordable rents77
Good schools5
Life expectancy57
Low deprivation47
Employment62
Low council tax3

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°CMist

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 64% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:26

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

142 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences44
  • Anti-social behaviour29
  • Shoplifting23
  • Criminal damage & arson12

Neighbourhood team: Balderton and Farndon · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour
  • Serious Acquisitive Crime

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

Road safety

224 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 265 casualties · 18.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

311 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 257 rated 4–5 ★ (229 top)
  • 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Newark Northgate (2.0 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Newark Northgate (2.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£233,902 average 5% YoY

Across Newark and Sherwood · to 2026-06

Detached£353,657
Semi-detached£208,915
Terraced£171,378
Flat£105,110

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£813 average monthly rent 4.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £558
  • 2 bed £737
  • 3 bed £890

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

Affordability

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (2.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (2.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: London Road (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches28
  • Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

122,955 residents in Newark and Sherwood · 189/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 148 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,682 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 58,530)

A £1,788
B £2,086
C £2,384
D £2,682
E £3,278
F £3,874
G £4,470
H £5,364

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

Schools

57 schools · 15,987 pupils

45 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 14 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • The Suthers SchoolGood
  • Magnus Church of England Academy
  • The Dukeries Academy
  • The Joseph Whitaker School
  • The Newark Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newark and Sherwood

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
  • 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

170 applications decided

93.5% granted · 159 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 11
  • Con 11
  • LD 3
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,650 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

15 jobs advertised · £59,404 avg

e.g. Singing for the Brain Support Volunteer - Newark, Online Social sciences Tutor - Part Time, Teaching Assistant- NG24

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£766 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,093 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 61,819 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in NG24

  • Barnby Gate Surgery
  • Fountain Medical Centre
  • Lombard Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newark:

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

Notable places nearby

  • The Newark Academy · 0.6 km

    The Newark Academy is a mixed secondary school in Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England.

  • Newark rail crash · 0.9 km

    A disaster on the British rail network occurred on 21 June 1870 when two trains collided at Newark in Nottinghamshire, England, killing 18 passengers and injuring 40 others. The investigation found that an axle had br…

  • Elm Avenue · 1.1 km

    Elm Avenue is a cricket ground in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1930 when it was opened by the Ransome & Marles Company. During its history, the ground has played host…

  • Magnus Church of England Academy · 1.1 km

    Magnus Church of England Academy often abbreviated as 'Magnus', is a British secondary school located in the market town of Newark-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, England. It was founded as a grammar school by the 16th-…

  • St Giles' Church, Balderton · 1.4 km

    St Giles' Church, Balderton, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England.

  • Balderton · 1.5 km

    Balderton is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, which had a population of 9,757 at the 2011 census, increasing to 9,917 at the 2021 census.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Balderton?
Balderton is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Newark and Sherwood local authority.
How deprived is Balderton?
The Newark and Sherwood local authority, which includes Balderton, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.