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Beeston (Broxtowe)

Beeston (Broxtowe) is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 25,000. It has around 3 pharmacies and 12 restaurants and cafés, 42 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Attenborough, 1.8 km away. There were around 224 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 Beeston (Broxtowe) 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

16°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 71% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 13° · Sunny

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

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

235 reported · July 2026 9% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences57
  • Shoplifting56
  • Anti-social behaviour31
  • Criminal damage & arson22

Neighbourhood team: Chilwell · 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

470 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 388 rated 4–5 ★ (327 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Attenborough (1.8 km)
  • 42 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Attenborough (1.8 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 (7.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.4 km)

32 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

100 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 46 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Extra - Nottingham Beeston (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches29
  • Golf courses2
  • 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
  • 34 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

  • Schools11
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies8
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens16
  • Restaurants & cafés75

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 41% · Wind 34% · Gas 23% · Nuclear 1%

141 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

12 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in NG9

  • Chilwell Medical Centre
  • The Oaks Medical Centre
  • Saxon Cross 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

  • Cator Lane tram stop · 0.1 km

    Cator Lane is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network, in the district of Broxtowe and suburb of Chilwell. It is situated on reserved track close to a crossing over Cator Lane, and has side platfor…

  • Bramcote Lane tram stop · 0.2 km

    Bramcote Lane is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network, in the district of Broxtowe and suburb of Chilwell. It is situated on reserved track close to a crossing over Bramcote Lane, and has side p…

  • Christ Church, Chilwell · 0.6 km

    Christ Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire.

  • Eskdale Drive tram stop · 0.7 km

    Eskdale Drive is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network, in the district of Broxtowe and suburb of Chilwell. It is situated on reserved track adjacent to Eskdale Drive, and has side platforms flan…

  • Chilwell · 0.7 km

    Chilwell is a suburban area in the borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the west side of the town of Beeston and is 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of the centre of Nottingham.

  • High Road – Central College tram stop · 0.7 km

    High Road – Central College is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network, in the district of Broxtowe, East Midlands, United Kingdom. The stop lies immediately to the Beeston side of the boundary bet…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Beeston (Broxtowe)?
Beeston (Broxtowe) is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Broxtowe local authority.
How deprived is Beeston (Broxtowe)?
The Broxtowe local authority, which includes Beeston (Broxtowe), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.