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Cotgrave

Cotgrave is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 7,203. It has 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, 1 restaurant or café, and 33 bus stops, with the nearest railway station being Radcliffe, 4.5 km away. There were around 44 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 Cotgrave area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Rushcliffe area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 119,077 residents at roughly 291 people per km².

Council
Rushcliffe
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Rushcliffe
Police force
Nottinghamshire
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 23rd of 294 English council areas — better than 92% of them.

Home affordability37
Affordable rents59
Good schools86
Life expectancy91
Low deprivation99
Employment92
Low council tax6

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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 73% rain
  • Tomorrow: 26° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:29

12h 58m 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

58 reported · July 2026 38% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences19
  • Anti-social behaviour15
  • Burglary5
  • Public order5

Neighbourhood team: Cotgrave & Wiverton · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Priorities: 1 - Burglary 2 - ASB in parks and town centres 3 - Alcohol related incidents Priority Period: July to September 2026 How prio…

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

Road safety

211 reported road collisions (2024)

67 killed or seriously injured · 266 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

39 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 29 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Radcliffe (4.5 km)
  • 33 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Radcliffe (Nottinghamshire) (4.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£331,451 average 1.6% YoY

Across Rushcliffe · to 2026-06

Detached£478,960
Semi-detached£306,053
Terraced£238,979
Flat£155,383

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,041 average monthly rent 2.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £720
  • 2 bed £893
  • 3 bed £1,128

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

Affordability

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (9.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · BP (11.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 181.7p · Asda (7 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

34 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Walkers Yard Car Park, Nottingham (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches11
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

119,077 residents in Rushcliffe · 291/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 314 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,643 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 55,330)

A £1,762
B £2,056
C £2,350
D £2,643
E £3,231
F £3,818
G £4,405
H £5,287

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

Schools

54 schools · 21,586 pupils

41 primary · 8 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 24 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • The West Bridgford SchoolOutstanding
  • The Becket SchoolGood
  • Toot Hill SchoolGood
  • East Leake Academy
  • Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
  • South Nottinghamshire Academy
  • The Nottingham Emmanuel School
  • The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rushcliffe

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
  • 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

178 applications decided

93.3% granted · 166 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Lab 9
  • Con 23
  • LD 1
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens125
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

9 jobs advertised · £31,019 avg

e.g. Teaching Assistant NG12, Care Professional, Blinds and Curtains Installer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£856 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,305 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,613 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.8 yrs women · 83.2 yrs men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.7
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rushcliffe:

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

Notable places nearby

  • All Saints' Church, Cotgrave · 0.5 km

    All Saints’ Church is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in Cotgrave.

  • Cotgrave · 0.7 km

    Cotgrave is a town and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Nottingham. It perches on the South Nottinghamshire Wolds about 131 feet above sea level…

  • Borough of Rushcliffe · 1.3 km

    Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in south Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in West Bridgford. The borough also includes the towns of Bingham, Cotgrave and Radcliffe-on-Trent,…

  • Clipston, Nottinghamshire · 1.6 km

    Clipston, or Clipston on the Wolds, is an English hamlet and civil parish in the south Nottinghamshire district of Rushcliffe. It lies between Cotgrave and Normanton-on-the-Wolds and is approached by narrow roads that…

  • Scunthorpe Mudstone · 2.7 km

    The Scunthorpe Mudstone is a geologic formation in England. It preserves plesiosaur fossils dating back to the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) to Early Jurassic (Hettangian) period. It predominantly consists of grey mudstone…

  • Owthorpe · 2.7 km

    Owthorpe is a hamlet and civil parish in the Borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the hamlet was about 90 and was included in the civil parish of Cotgrave in the 2011 census, this incre…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Cotgrave?
Cotgrave is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Rushcliffe local authority.
What is the population of Cotgrave?
Cotgrave has an approximate settlement population of 7,203.
How deprived is Cotgrave?
The Rushcliffe local authority, which includes Cotgrave, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.