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Beckingham

Beckingham is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 1,098. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 17 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Gainsborough Central, 3.9 km away. There were around 11 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 Beckingham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bassetlaw area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 117,805 residents at roughly 185 people per km².

Council
Bassetlaw
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Bassetlaw
Police force
Nottinghamshire
49/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 156th of 294 English council areas — better than 47% of them.

Low crime45
Home affordability80
Affordable rents87
Good schools68
Life expectancy30
Low deprivation34
Employment52
Low council tax5

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

18°CClear

  • Today: 20° / 12° · 34% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:28

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · York Fishergate, United Kingdom

Crime

12 reported · July 2026 300% YoY

  • Other theft4
  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Bassetlaw Rural · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Bassetlaw Neighbourhood Policing Priorities: July – September 2026 As the Neighbourhood Policing Inspector for Bassetlaw, I am pleased to…

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

Road safety

220 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 278 casualties · 18.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

8 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Gainsborough Central (4.2 km)
  • 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gainsborough Central (4.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£210,596 average 4.7% YoY

Across Bassetlaw · to 2026-06

Detached£314,611
Semi-detached£186,409
Terraced£150,682
Flat£91,252

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£720 average monthly rent 1.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £499
  • 2 bed £652
  • 3 bed £793

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

Affordability

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (5.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (11.3 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Lincolnshire Co-op Morton Food Store (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

117,805 residents in Bassetlaw · 185/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 108 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,645 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (49% of 57,430)

A £1,763
B £2,057
C £2,351
D £2,645
E £3,233
F £3,820
G £4,408
H £5,290

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

Schools

61 schools · 18,892 pupils

50 primary · 5 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 23 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

56inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Outwood Academy ValleyGood
  • The Elizabethan AcademyGood
  • Tuxford AcademyGood
  • Outwood Academy Portland
  • Retford Oaks Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bassetlaw

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
  • 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

124 applications decided

79.8% granted · 99 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 35
  • Con 3
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Biology Tutoring Job in Beckingham – Flexible Schedule, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time, Online History Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£699 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,511 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 63,194 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bassetlaw:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Beckingham, Nottinghamshire · 0.2 km

    Beckingham is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about three miles west of Gainsborough. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,168, reducing to 1,098 in 2…

  • All Saints' Church, Beckingham · 0.5 km

    All Saints' Church, Beckingham is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Beckingham, Nottinghamshire, England.

  • Beckingham railway station · 0.9 km

    Beckingham railway station was a station in Beckingham, Nottinghamshire on the line between Gainsborough and Doncaster. The station opened on 16 July 1867, and passenger services were withdrawn on 2 November 1959, alt…

  • St Martin of Tours' Church, Saundby · 2.1 km

    St Martin of Tours' Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Saundby, Nottinghamshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is u…

  • Saundby · 2.2 km

    Saundby is a hamlet and civil parish in Nottinghamshire two miles west of Gainsborough. Although it comes under Beckingham cum Saundby parish council, by 2011 it had become a separate civil parish in its own right. Th…

  • St Mary Magdalene's Church, Walkeringham · 2.3 km

    St Mary Magdalene's Church, Walkeringham is a Grade I listed, Church of England parish church in the village of Walkeringham, Nottinghamshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Beckingham?
Beckingham is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Bassetlaw local authority.
What is the population of Beckingham?
Beckingham has an approximate settlement population of 1,098.
How deprived is Beckingham?
The Bassetlaw local authority, which includes Beckingham, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.