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Carlton (Gedling)

Carlton (Gedling) is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 30,000. It features 1 supermarket, 1 park, and 4 restaurants and cafés, along with 80 bus stops and the Carlton railway station 0.9 km away. There were around 180 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Carlton (Gedling) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Gedling area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). 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 192nd of 294 English council areas — better than 35% of them.

Home affordability56
Affordable rents55
Good schools22
Life expectancy53
Low deprivation65
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

23°CSunny

  • Today: 25° / 16° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:24

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

207 reported · July 2026 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences80
  • Anti-social behaviour30
  • Criminal damage & arson24
  • Other theft13

Neighbourhood team: Gedling, Burton Joyce and Villages · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Priority: Acquisitive Crime (Burglary, Robbery, Shoplifting, Theft)​ Priority Period: July to September 2026 How priorities are chosen: T…
  • Priority: Anti Social Behaviour (including behavioural, motorcycle, speeding, begging)​ Priority Period: July to September 2026 How prior…

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

Road safety

159 reported road collisions (2024)

37 killed or seriously injured · 197 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

331 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 278 rated 4–5 ★ (254 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Carlton (0.9 km)
  • 80 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Carlton (1.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£250,279 average 5.9% YoY

Across Gedling · to 2026-06

Detached£373,110
Semi-detached£239,670
Terraced£182,738
Flat£117,368

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£899 average monthly rent 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £626
  • 2 bed £790
  • 3 bed £973

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · BP (4.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 181.7p · Asda (6.4 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

89 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 35 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: St Michaels Avenue Parking Area, Gedling (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches65
  • Playgrounds14

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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 207 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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: 22 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

52inspected 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

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
  • 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

75 applications decided

100% granted · 75 granted, 0 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Michael Payne

Labour

Gedling

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure 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

Labour majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools16
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés41

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,205 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£764 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% 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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Biomass 20% · Solar 16% · Wind 15%

202 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gedling:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Gedling · 0.3 km

    Gedling is a village and former civil parish which gives its name to the larger Borough of Gedling in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies 5.2 miles (8.4 km) north-east of Nottingham city centre. The parish was abolished…

  • Borough of Gedling · 0.6 km

    Gedling is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. The council is based in Arnold. The borough also includes Carlton and Netherfield along with various villages and rural areas to…

  • Gedling and Carlton railway station · 0.7 km

    Gedling and Carlton railway station was a former railway station built to serve the villages of Gedling and Carlton in Nottinghamshire.

  • Carlton, Nottinghamshire · 0.7 km

    Carlton is a town in the Borough of Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England. It is to the east of Nottingham. The population at the 2011 Census was 6,881. It was an urban district until 1974, whose wards had a population of…

  • Mary Hardstaff Homes · 0.8 km

    The Mary Hardstaff Homes, are 10 almshouses on Arnold Lane in Gedling, Nottingham.

  • St Paul's Church, Carlton-in-the-Willows · 0.9 km

    St Paul's Church, Carlton-in-the-Willows is a parish church in the Church of England in Carlton, Nottinghamshire. It is a Grade II listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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