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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 (IoD2025). 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 101st of 294 English council areas — better than 66% of them.

Home affordability60
Affordable rents53
Good schools95
Life expectancy38
Low deprivation77
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

8°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 55% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:28

9h 21m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

81 reported · August 2026▼ 4% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences36
  • Anti-social behaviour10
  • Criminal damage & arson10
  • Public order7

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

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

169 reported road collisions (2025)

36 killed or seriously injured · 225 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

343 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 292 rated 4–5 ★ (261 top)
  • 4 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

£251,231 average▼ 4% YoY

Across Broxtowe · to 2026-08

Detached£360,724
Semi-detached£242,567
Terraced£188,728
Flat£117,357

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£942 average monthly rent▼ 1.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £651
  • 2 bed £839
  • 3 bed £1,003

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

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

Property sales

1,521 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (2.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (2.7 km)

23 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,040
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,993
  • Net moves+47

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 228 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

42 inspected 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

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
  • 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

114 applications decided

94.7% granted · 108 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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

3,955 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

23 jobs advertised · £45,290 avg

e.g. HGV Class 2 Driver, Civil Design Engineer, HGV Class 1 Driver - Afternoons Monday to Friday

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£725 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% 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

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 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

Health services

12 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in NG9

  • Chilwell Medical Centre
  • The Oaks Medical Centre
  • Saxon Cross Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broxtowe:

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

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 IoD2025.