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Sutton Bonington

Sutton Bonington is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of around 1,218. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, 9 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is East Midlands Parkway, 3.6 km away. There were around 7 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Drugs. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sutton Bonington 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

18°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 78% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:27

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

8 reported · July 2026 700% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Leake & Keyworth · 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

55 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 41 rated 4–5 ★ (36 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: East Midlands Parkway (4.6 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from East Midlands Parkway (4.6 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: 152.9p · Esso (11.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 181.7p · Asda (8.8 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

30 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 560 kW
  • Nearest: Station Road (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Sports pitches17
  • Playgrounds1

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

  • In a conservation area (Sutton Bonington)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 33 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

Your MP

James Naish

Labour

Rushcliffe

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • 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

Source: UK Parliament

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

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Piano Tutor in Sutton Bonington – Flexible & Remote, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Sutton Bonington – Flexible Schedule, Become a Biology Tutor in Sutton Bonington – Flexible & Remote

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

Grid electricity

71% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 44% · Gas 28% · Wind 26% · Nuclear 1%

163 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

  • St Anne's Church, Sutton Bonington · 0.1 km

    St. Anne's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire.

  • Sutton Bonington · 0.2 km

    Sutton Bonington is a village and civil parish lying along the valley of the River Soar in the borough of Rushcliffe, south-west Nottinghamshire, England. The University of Nottingham has the Sutton Bonington Campus,…

  • St Michael's Church, Sutton Bonington · 0.4 km

    St. Michael's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire.

  • University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science · 0.8 km

    The University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science was established in 2006 at the Sutton Bonington Campus as the first new veterinary school built in the UK for 50 years. It admitted its first coho…

  • University Farm (Nottinghamshire) · 1.3 km

    University Farm is a 445 hectare (4.45 km2) commercial research farm attached to the Sutton Bonington Campus of the University of Nottingham, England. It lies across the parishes of Sutton Bonington and Kingston on So…

  • Hathern railway station · 1.5 km

    Hathern railway station was a station serving the village of Hathern in Leicestershire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Sutton Bonington?
Sutton Bonington is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Rushcliffe local authority.
What is the population of Sutton Bonington?
Sutton Bonington has an approximate settlement population of 1,218.
How deprived is Sutton Bonington?
The Rushcliffe local authority, which includes Sutton Bonington, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.