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Newark-on-Trent

Newark-on-Trent is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 43,363. It has 54 bus stops, the nearest railway station is Newark Northgate (0.9 km), and local amenities include 3 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and 38 restaurants and cafés. There were around 320 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 Newark-on-Trent area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Newark and Sherwood area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 122,955 residents at roughly 189 people per km².

Council
Newark and Sherwood
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Newark
Police force
Nottinghamshire
47/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 163rd of 294 English council areas — better than 45% of them.

Low crime62
Home affordability69
Affordable rents76
Good schools5
Life expectancy55
Low deprivation51
Employment64
Low council tax3

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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 62% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:26

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

270 reported · August 2026▼ 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences94
  • Anti-social behaviour47
  • Shoplifting30
  • Criminal damage & arson22

Neighbourhood team: Newark · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour
  • Nuisance Vehicles

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

Road safety

223 reported road collisions (2025)

58 killed or seriously injured · 279 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

301 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 253 rated 4–5 ★ (221 top)
  • 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Newark Castle (1.5 km)
  • 66 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Newark Castle (1.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£236,524 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across Newark and Sherwood · to 2026-08

Detached£356,020
Semi-detached£211,173
Terraced£175,226
Flat£107,389

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£818 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £562
  • 2 bed £742
  • 3 bed £896

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

Affordability

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,901 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: 169.7p · Asda (0.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (0.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Co-op (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches36
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

122,955 residents in Newark and Sherwood · 189/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,890
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,710
  • Net moves+1,180

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 151 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,682 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 58,530)

A £1,788
B £2,086
C £2,384
D £2,682
E £3,278
F £3,874
G £4,470
H £5,364

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

Schools

57 schools · 15,987 pupils

45 primary · 5 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 14 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • The Suthers SchoolGood
  • Magnus Church of England Academy
  • The Dukeries Academy
  • The Joseph Whitaker School
  • The Newark Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newark and Sherwood

Care & health services

797 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes282
  • GP practices108
  • Dentists132
  • Homecare agencies205
  • Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Nottinghamshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

189 applications decided

87.8% granted · 166 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Robert Jenrick

Reform UK

Newark

Recent votes:

  • NoCarbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces
  • No Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 11
  • Con 11
  • LD 3
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets9
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés40

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

106 jobs advertised · £38,760 avg

e.g. Special educational needs support assistant, HGV Class 1 Driver, HR Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£766 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,093 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 61,819 certificates

12% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

44% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Wind 24% · Biomass 18% · Imports 2%

235 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in NG24

  • Barnby Gate Surgery
  • Fountain Medical Centre
  • Lombard Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newark:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Christ Church, Newark · 0.5 km

    Christ Church, Newark is a parish church in the Church of England in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.

  • Newark Rowing Club · 0.7 km

    Newark Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Trent, based at Farndon Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England. The club runs teams for all age groups.

  • River Devon, Nottinghamshire · 0.7 km

    The River Devon is a tributary of the River Trent, which rises in Leicestershire and joins the Trent at Newark in Nottinghamshire, England. In its upper reaches, it supplies Knipton Reservoir, which was built to suppl…

  • Newark Hospital · 0.7 km

    Newark Hospital is a health facility in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. It is managed by the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

  • Castle Brewery, Newark · 0.8 km

    Castle Brewery is a mixed-use complex in the town of Newark-on-Trent in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. The area covers the former Castle Brewery factory complex in the central part of the town. It…

  • Newark bus station · 1.0 km

    Newark bus station is a bus station in Newark-on-Trent, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Newark-on-Trent?
Newark-on-Trent is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Newark and Sherwood local authority.
What is the population of Newark-on-Trent?
Newark-on-Trent has an approximate settlement population of 43,363.
How deprived is Newark-on-Trent?
The Newark and Sherwood local authority, which includes Newark-on-Trent, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.