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Harworth and Bircotes

Harworth and Bircotes is a town in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 10,000. It has 23 bus stops. There were around 66 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 Harworth and Bircotes area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Doncaster area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 308,106 residents at roughly 542 people per km².

Council
Doncaster
County
South Yorkshire
Constituency
Don Valley
Police force
South Yorkshire
46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 173rd of 294 English council areas — better than 41% of them.

Low crime4
Home affordability92
Affordable rents93
Good schools84
Life expectancy9
Low deprivation15
Employment26
Low council tax93

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

12°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 13° / 8° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:26

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, 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

47 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences16
  • Criminal damage & arson13
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Drugs3

Neighbourhood team: Doncaster South · South Yorkshire

Local policing priorities

  • MEXBOROUGH: The feedback we have had for some time indicates that organised crime (particularly those involved in drug supply), vehicle r…
  • CONISBROUGH AND DENABY: The primary concern being reported to us at this time is ASB linked to nuisance motorbikes, particularly around t…

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

Road safety

467 reported road collisions (2025)

163 killed or seriously injured · 620 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

73 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 65 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Doncaster (11.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£172,770 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Doncaster · to 2026-08

Detached£262,142
Semi-detached£170,150
Terraced£135,446
Flat£89,570

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£694 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £493
  • 2 bed £636
  • 3 bed £757

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

Affordability

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

3,839 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (10 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (10 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Asda Harworth Supermarket (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches1
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

308,106 residents in Doncaster · 542/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK14,447
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK12,254
  • Net moves+2,193

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

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 44 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

23% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,168 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (57% of 144,720)

A £1,445
B £1,686
C £1,927
D £2,168
E £2,649
F £3,131
G £3,613
H £4,336

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

Schools

143 schools · 49,423 pupils

98 primary · 20 secondary · 25 other

Ofsted: 64 of 67 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Ash Hill AcademyGood
  • Astrea Academy WoodfieldsGood
  • Campsmount AcademyGood
  • De Warenne AcademyGood
  • Doncaster UTCGood
  • Outwood Academy AdwickGood
  • Outwood Academy DanumGood
  • Ridgewood SchoolGood
  • Rossington All Saints AcademyGood
  • Sir Thomas Wharton AcademyGood
  • The Laurel AcademyGood
  • The McAuley Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Trinity AcademyGood
  • XP SchoolGood
  • Armthorpe AcademyRequires improvement
  • XP EastRequires improvement
  • Don Valley Academy
  • Hall Cross Academy
  • Hungerhill School
  • The Hayfield School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Doncaster

Care & health services

290 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes81
  • GP practices47
  • Dentists58
  • Homecare agencies72
  • Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Doncaster

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

255 applications decided

83.1% granted · 212 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Jo White

Labour

Bassetlaw

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

  • Lab 12
  • Con 6
  • Ref 34
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

12,130 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£697 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,640 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 155,392 certificates

16.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

81% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 35% · Gas 15% · Imports 4%

108 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.7 yrs women · 77.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.4 women · 55.1 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in DN11

  • The Tickhill & Colliery Medical Practice
  • The Rossington Practice
  • West End Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bassetlaw:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Harworth · 1.3 km

    Harworth with Bircotes are a town in the civil parish of Harworth and Bircotes in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, on the border with South Yorkshire. It is 8 miles (13 km) north of Worksop. The po…

  • Harworth Bircotes · 1.3 km

    Harworth Bircotes or Harworth and Bircotes is a town and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. The parish includes the settlements of Bircotes and Harworth. The par…

  • Serlby Park Academy · 1.4 km

    Serlby Park Academy is a mixed all-through school located in the twin villages of Bircotes and Harworth in North Nottinghamshire. The school also serves the nearby towns of Serlby, Styrrup, Blyth, Misson, and among ot…

  • Harworth Colliery · 1.6 km

    Harworth Colliery was a colliery near the town of Harworth Bircotes in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, England.

  • Bircotes · 1.8 km

    Bircotes with Harworth are a town in the civil parish of Harworth and Bircotes in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the border with South Yorkshire. The population of the civil parish was 7,948. T…

  • Harworth Colliery F.C. · 1.9 km

    Harworth Colliery Football Club is an English football club based in Harworth and Bircotes, Nottinghamshire. The club are currently members of the Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division North.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Harworth and Bircotes?
Harworth and Bircotes is a town in South Yorkshire, England, in the Doncaster local authority.
How deprived is Harworth and Bircotes?
The Doncaster local authority, which includes Harworth and Bircotes, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.