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Trowell

Trowell is a town or village in Nottinghamshire, England. It has around 1 supermarket, 11 restaurants and cafés and 20 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Ilkeston, 2.7 km away. There were around 70 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Trowell area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Broxtowe area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 110,939 residents at roughly 1,385 people per km².

Council
Broxtowe
County
Nottinghamshire
Constituency
Broxtowe
Police force
Nottinghamshire
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 104th of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.

Home affordability60
Affordable rents53
Good schools95
Life expectancy41
Low deprivation70
Employment57
Low council tax8

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: 19° / 10° · 59% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:30

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

88 reported · July 2026 7% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences36
  • Anti-social behaviour16
  • Criminal damage & arson8
  • Other theft8

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Stapleford · Nottinghamshire

Local policing priorities

  • How priorities are chosen: The priorities for the Broxtowe NPA is reviewed every 3 months in a Multi-Agency meeting attended by Police, B…

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

Road safety

156 reported road collisions (2024)

30 killed or seriously injured · 181 casualties · 14.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

348 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 290 rated 4–5 ★ (258 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ilkeston (3.0 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ilkeston (3.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£253,021 average 2.1% YoY

Across Broxtowe · to 2026-06

Detached£361,666
Semi-detached£243,790
Terraced£189,172
Flat£123,151

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£945 average monthly rent 0.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £654
  • 2 bed £842
  • 3 bed £1,007

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

Affordability

7.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.7 times median annual pay (7.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (2.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (2.7 km)

33 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

68 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 35 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Moto Trowell Northbound Services (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches18
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

110,939 residents in Broxtowe · 1,385/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 223 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,618 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (32% of 52,160)

A £1,745
B £2,036
C £2,327
D £2,618
E £3,200
F £3,782
G £4,364
H £5,236

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

Schools

45 schools · 15,635 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 21 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

41inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bramcote CollegeGood
  • George Spencer AcademyGood
  • Hall Park AcademyGood
  • Alderman White School
  • Chilwell School
  • The Kimberley School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broxtowe

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
  • 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

109 applications decided

94.5% granted · 103 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Independent / Independent coalition

  • Lab 7
  • Con 10
  • LD 3
  • Oth 24

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,940 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

31 jobs advertised · £45,528 avg

e.g. Mechanical Design Engineer, National Sales Manager, 3D CAD / BIM Technician

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£725 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,598 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,799 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 83 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broxtowe:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Trowell · 0.0 km

    Trowell is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies a few miles west of Nottingham, in the borough of Broxtowe on the border with Derbyshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of…

  • St Helen's Church, Trowell · 0.0 km

    St Helen's Church, Trowell is a Grade II* listed Anglican parish church in Trowell, Nottinghamshire, England.

  • Nottingham Canal · 0.3 km

    The Nottingham Canal is a canal in the English counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. As built, it comprised a 14.7-mile (23.7 km) long main line between the River Trent just downstream of Trent Bridge in Notting…

  • Trowell railway station · 0.7 km

    Trowell railway station served the village of Trowell, Nottinghamshire, England from 1884 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.

  • Borough of Broxtowe · 0.9 km

    Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies immediately west of the city of Nottingham, and most of the built-up areas of the borough form part of the Nottingham Ur…

  • Gallows Inn · 1.0 km

    Gallows Inn is an area of Ilkeston in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Trowell?
Trowell is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Broxtowe local authority.
How deprived is Trowell?
The Broxtowe local authority, which includes Trowell, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.