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Upper Saxondale

Upper Saxondale is a town or village in Nottinghamshire, England, with 8 bus stops, 1 restaurant and café, and the nearest railway station at Radcliffe, 2.4 km away. There were around 7 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 Upper Saxondale 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

22°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 15° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:26

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

Crime

9 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Other theft2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Bingham & Trent · 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

65 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 55 rated 4–5 ★ (52 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Radcliffe (2.4 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Radcliffe (Nottinghamshire) (2.0 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: 155.9p · BP (10.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 181.7p · Asda (9.5 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: SHELL RECHARGE LITTLE WAITROSE SAXONDALE (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Golf courses1
  • 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 (Upper Saxondale)
  • Not in the Green Belt

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

  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

37% low-carbon electricity

Gas 61% · Biomass 18% · Solar 18% · Imports 3%

260 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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

  • Saxondale Hospital · 0.2 km

    Saxondale Hospital was a psychiatric hospital near Radcliffe-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England. It was built at the turn of the 20th century to replace the Sneinton Asylum in Nottingham, reflecting the wider moveme…

  • Upper Saxondale · 0.3 km

    Upper Saxondale is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies in an upland position between the River Trent and the Vale of Belvoir, and between the A52 and A46 roads ne…

  • Saxondale, Nottinghamshire · 1.1 km

    Saxondale is a small hamlet and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England, situated just off the A52 road near to its junction with the A46 road at the Saxondale roundabout, between the settle…

  • Harlequin, Nottinghamshire · 1.3 km

    Harlequin is an area to the east of the Nottinghamshire village of Radcliffe on Trent in England, the two settlements separated by the A52 trunk road.

  • Radcliffe-on-Trent Golf Club · 1.5 km

    Radcliffe-on-Trent Golf Club is a golf course in Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, notable as the course where the McGregor Trophy was inaugurated by Roy Case in 1982.

  • South Nottinghamshire Academy · 2.2 km

    South Nottinghamshire Academy is a mixed-sex secondary school with academy status located in the village of Radcliffe-on-Trent, in Nottinghamshire, England. The school intake covers pupils from ages 11 to 18, with the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Upper Saxondale?
Upper Saxondale is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, in the Rushcliffe local authority.
How deprived is Upper Saxondale?
The Rushcliffe local authority, which includes Upper Saxondale, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.