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Darfoulds

Darfoulds is a settlement in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 3,000. It has around 1 restaurants and cafés, and the nearest railway station is Shireoaks, 2.2 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Darfoulds 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

16°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 15° · 42% rain
  • Tomorrow: 26° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:30

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 200% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Drugs1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Worksop South · 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

147 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 130 rated 4–5 ★ (126 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Whitwell (2.9 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Whitwell (2.8 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: 160.9p · Morrisons (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (11.9 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 180 kW
  • Nearest: Asda Worksop (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

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
  • 16 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

Your MP

Jo White

Labour

Bassetlaw

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised · £29,577 avg

e.g. Head Chef, Plasterer, Wet Room / Bathroom Fitter

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

Grid electricity

91% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Biomass 42% · Imports 6% · Gas 3%

63 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

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

  • Steetley Colliery · 0.4 km

    Steetley Colliery is a former colliery on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border.

  • All Saints' Church, Steetley · 1.2 km

    All Saints' Church, Steetley is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Whitwell, Derbyshire.

  • Worksop Manor · 1.5 km

    Worksop Manor is a Grade I listed country house situated in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, England, within the area of the four contiguous ducal estates historically known as the Dukeries. The present building, construct…

  • Hodthorpe · 1.9 km

    Hodthorpe is an urban village in the parish of Hodthorpe and Belph, Bolsover, Derbyshire, lying close to the Nottinghamshire border and on the edge of Sherwood Forest. The village has two principal streets, Queens Roa…

  • Rhodesia, Nottinghamshire · 2.0 km

    Rhodesia is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, just west of Worksop, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Sheffield. At the 2021 Census, the population was 1,173.

  • Shireoaks Hall · 2.4 km

    Shireoaks Hall is a Grade II* listed 17th-century country house in the hamlet of Shireoaks, 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) north-west of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Darfoulds?
Darfoulds is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Bassetlaw local authority.
How deprived is Darfoulds?
The Bassetlaw local authority, which includes Darfoulds, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.