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Clifton (Nottingham)

Clifton (Nottingham) is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 100,000. It has 77 bus stops, 1 school, 3 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 20 restaurants and cafés. The nearest railway station is Beeston, 2.5 km away. In June 2026, there were around 263 recorded street crimes, 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 Clifton (Nottingham) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Nottingham area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 323,630 residents at roughly 4,338 people per km².

Council
Nottingham
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Nottingham South
Police force
Nottinghamshire
27/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 284th of 294 English council areas — better than 3% of them.

Low crime9
Home affordability87
Affordable rents54
Good schools52
Life expectancy8
Low deprivation6
Employment6
Low council tax1

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

8°CCloudy

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:26

9h 17m 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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

223 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences97
  • Anti-social behaviour34
  • Criminal damage & arson24
  • Shoplifting13

Neighbourhood team: Clifton · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • City South Policing Priorities: October - December 2026 Following discussions with residents, community groups, local councillors, partne…

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

Road safety

780 reported road collisions (2025)

172 killed or seriously injured · 900 casualties · 24.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

249 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 213 rated 4–5 ★ (185 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Beeston (2.5 km)
  • 77 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Beeston (2.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£1,014 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £735
  • 2 bed £914
  • 3 bed £1,052

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

5.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.7 times median annual pay (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,702 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

89 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 42 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Clifton Triangle (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches75
  • Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

323,630 residents in Nottingham · 4,338/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 70%
  • 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK36,741
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK45,449
  • Net moves−8,708

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 18 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

31% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,755 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (63% of 147,480)

A £1,837
B £2,143
C £2,449
D £2,755
E £3,368
F £3,980
G £4,592
H £5,511

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

Schools

118 schools · 49,138 pupils

73 primary · 16 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 41 of 46 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Fernwood SchoolOutstanding
  • Nottingham Girls' AcademyOutstanding
  • Bluecoat Trent AcademyGood
  • Ellis Guilford SchoolGood
  • Farnborough Spencer AcademyGood
  • Nottingham University Academy of Science and TechnologyGood
  • Park Vale AcademyGood
  • The Bulwell AcademyRequires improvement
  • The Wells AcademyRequires improvement
  • Bluecoat Aspley Academy
  • Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
  • Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
  • Djanogly City Academy
  • Nottingham Free School
  • Nottingham University Samworth Academy
  • The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Nottingham

Care & health services

399 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes77
  • GP practices63
  • Dentists74
  • Homecare agencies146
  • Hospitals & hospices12

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Nottingham

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

194 applications decided

87.1% granted · 169 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Lilian Greenwood

Labour

Nottingham South

Recent votes:

  • AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
  • NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 44
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies5
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens39
  • Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,375 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

14 jobs advertised · £37,261 avg

e.g. QHSE Coordinator, Peripatetic Manager, Van driver

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£634 median full-time weekly pay

6.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£17,696 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 211,744 certificates

15.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Biomass 34% · Gas 11% · Imports 5%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.4 yrs women · 77.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.3 women · 55.6 men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in NG11

  • The Ruddington Med Centre
  • Clifton Medical Practice
  • Rivergreen Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Nottingham South:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Clifton, Nottingham · 0.3 km

    Clifton is an urban area and historic manor in the Nottingham district, in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 22,936.

  • Clifton Centre tram stop · 0.3 km

    Clifton Centre is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network in the city of Nottingham suburb of Clifton. It is situated on street track within Southchurch Drive, and comprises a single island platfor…

  • Rivergreen tram stop · 0.5 km

    Rivergreen is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network in the city of Nottingham suburb of Clifton. It is situated on street track on Southchurch Drive near its junction with Rivergreen, and compris…

  • Holy Trinity tram stop · 0.9 km

    Holy Trinity is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network in the City of Nottingham suburb of Clifton. It takes its name from the nearby Holy Trinity Church. It is situated on a short stretch of rese…

  • Southchurch Drive tram stop · 1.0 km

    Southchurch Drive, also known as Southchurch Drive North, is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network in the city of Nottingham suburb of Clifton. It is situated on street track on Southchurch Drive…

  • Summerwood Lane tram stop · 1.0 km

    Summerwood Lane is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network in the city of Nottingham suburb of Clifton. It is situated on street track within Farnborough Road close to its junction with Summerwood…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Clifton (Nottingham)?
Clifton (Nottingham) is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Nottingham local authority.
How deprived is Clifton (Nottingham)?
The Nottingham local authority, which includes Clifton (Nottingham), is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.