Home › UK › Nottinghamshire England · County Find your town in Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire has 49 towns of 2,500 or more and 90 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.
49 graded towns
12 grade A− or better
90 villages and smaller places
Nottingham largest · 299,786
How Nottinghamshire compares: its report card → Nottinghamshire at a glance What Nottinghamshire is like The typical Nottinghamshire town grades highest on cost of living and walkability against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on health. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The typical town, subject by subject The median Nottinghamshire town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
Cost of living B ahead of 61% Walkability B ahead of 59% Hazard risk B− ahead of 54% Schools B− ahead of 49% Outdoors C+ ahead of 43% Safety C+ ahead of 36% Jobs & income C ahead of 31% Health C ahead of 25% The finder
Find a town that’s… 49 towns · ordered by Nottinghamshire rank
#1 in Nottinghamshire A+ Large town · 36,489 people · #4 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA+ Jobs & incomeLowest C Hazard risk
#2 in Nottinghamshire A+ Town · 6,822 people · #5 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA HealthLowest B Jobs & income
#3 in Nottinghamshire A+ Town · 8,551 people · #26 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA HealthLowest B− Hazard risk
#4 in Nottinghamshire A+ Town · 10,109 people · #34 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA SchoolsLowest B− Safety
#5 in Nottinghamshire A+ Town · 7,205 people · #77 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA SchoolsLowest C− Hazard risk
#6 in Nottinghamshire A+ Town · 7,491 people · #84 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA Cost of livingLowest B− Safety
#7 in Nottinghamshire A Town · 4,762 people · #126 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA Hazard riskLowest C+ Safety
#8 in Nottinghamshire A Town · 2,870 people · #127 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA SafetyLowest C− Hazard risk
#9 in Nottinghamshire A Town · 7,405 people · #137 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA− HealthLowest C Cost of living
#10 in Nottinghamshire A Town · 5,370 people · #292 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ SafetyA Jobs & incomeLowest D Walkability
#11 in Nottinghamshire A− Town · 7,794 people · #351 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Cost of livingA SchoolsLowest C Health
#12 in Nottinghamshire A− Large town · 52,359 people · #516 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA SchoolsLowest C+ Hazard risk
#13 in Nottinghamshire B+ Town · 3,217 people · #655 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskA− SafetyLowest D Walkability
#14 in Nottinghamshire B+ Town · 4,849 people · #665 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ SchoolsA Jobs & incomeLowest D− Hazard risk
#15 in Nottinghamshire B+ Large town · 40,016 people · #690 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB+ SchoolsLowest C+ Health
#16 in Nottinghamshire B+ Large town · 53,555 people · #709 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− SchoolsA− WalkabilityLowest D Hazard risk
#17 in Nottinghamshire B Town · 9,581 people · #751 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB+ SafetyLowest C+ Schools
#18 in Nottinghamshire B Town · 12,876 people · #904 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB WalkabilityLowest C− Hazard risk
#20 in Nottinghamshire B Town · 4,467 people · #916 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB+ WalkabilityLowest C+ Safety
#21 in Nottinghamshire B Town · 4,514 people · #921 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− SafetyB+ Hazard riskLowest D Walkability
#22 in Nottinghamshire B− Town · 3,490 people · #1,018 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB SchoolsLowest C− Hazard risk
#23 in Nottinghamshire B− Town · 15,041 people · #1,124 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB+ SchoolsLowest D Hazard risk
#24 in Nottinghamshire B− Town · 4,295 people · #1,161 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskA Cost of livingLowest D Health
#25 in Nottinghamshire C+ Town · 7,318 people · #1,197 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B WalkabilityB− Cost of livingLowest C− Hazard risk
#26 in Nottinghamshire C+ Town · 7,990 people · #1,249 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA− SchoolsLowest D Health
#27 in Nottinghamshire C+ Town · 5,460 people · #1,269 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsB Cost of livingLowest D Jobs & income
#28 in Nottinghamshire C Town · 8,885 people · #1,426 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ SchoolsB+ Cost of livingLowest D Jobs & income
#29 in Nottinghamshire C Large town · 43,435 people · #1,443 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB WalkabilityLowest D Safety
#30 in Nottinghamshire C Town · 6,162 people · #1,498 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB− Cost of livingLowest C− Health
#31 in Nottinghamshire C Town · 2,758 people · #1,506 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B SafetyB− Cost of livingLowest C− Jobs & income
#32 in Nottinghamshire C Town · 18,890 people · #1,523 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B WalkabilityB Cost of livingLowest C− Health
#33 in Nottinghamshire C Town · 2,810 people · #1,533 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB− HealthLowest D Jobs & income
#34 in Nottinghamshire C Town · 19,015 people · #1,595 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB− SafetyLowest C− Walkability
#35 in Nottinghamshire C Town · 10,870 people · #1,597 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB Hazard riskLowest D Health
#36 in Nottinghamshire C− Large town · 29,755 people · #1,652 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityA− Cost of livingLowest D Safety
#37 in Nottinghamshire C− Large town · 35,848 people · #1,734 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ WalkabilityB− SchoolsLowest C− Health
#38 in Nottinghamshire C− Town · 6,278 people · #1,764 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB− SafetyLowest D Health
#39 in Nottinghamshire C− Large town · 23,735 people · #1,767 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB+ WalkabilityLowest D Hazard risk
#40 in Nottinghamshire D Town · 2,603 people · #1,824 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB+ Cost of livingLowest D Jobs & income
#41 in Nottinghamshire D Large town · 22,936 people · #1,841 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityB+ SchoolsLowest D Health
#42 in Nottinghamshire D Large town · 21,262 people · #1,847 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B Hazard riskB WalkabilityLowest D Health
#43 in Nottinghamshire D Town · 19,521 people · #1,877 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskC+ WalkabilityLowest D Health
#44 in Nottinghamshire D Town · 5,069 people · #1,923 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB− Cost of livingLowest D Health
#45 in Nottinghamshire D Large town · 36,435 people · #1,992 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB+ WalkabilityLowest D Health
#46 in Nottinghamshire D− Town · 4,568 people · #2,032 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Hazard riskC+ WalkabilityLowest D Jobs & income
#47 in Nottinghamshire D− City · 299,786 people · #2,060 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityC+ SchoolsLowest D− Safety
#48 in Nottinghamshire D− Large town · 63,448 people · #2,063 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B WalkabilityB− Hazard riskLowest D− Safety
#49 in Nottinghamshire D− Town · 6,970 people · #2,094 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB− WalkabilityLowest D− Health
Show all 49 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
Villages and small towns 90 smaller places in Nottinghamshire Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.
Farndon2,472 Awsworth2,444 Newstead2,204 Misterton2,191 Aslockton2,173 Gamston (Rushcliffe)2,171 Trowell2,165 Bestwood Village2,151 Church Warsop2,139 Meden Vale2,095 Sutton Bonington2,064 Tollerton1,976 Cropwell Bishop1,903 Lowdham1,844 Shireoaks1,774 East Bridgford1,763 Woodborough1,649 Gotham1,566 Ranskill1,435 East Markham1,273 Blyth1,264 Sutton on Trent1,244 Clarborough1,220 Walesby1,217 Beckingham1,207 Coddington1,165 North Leverton with Habblesthorpe1,079 Ranby1,034 62 places under 1,000 people Photos: 0: Alan Murray-Rust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 1: Richard Vince · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 2: The original uploader was Palmiped at English Wikipedia . · CC BY 3.0 · 3: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 4: David Hallam-Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 5: David Lally · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 6: Simon Cobb · CC0 · 7: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 8: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 9: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 10: Yellowman94 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 11: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 12: Jonathan Clitheroe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 21: Tom Courtney · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 23: Chemical Engineer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26: Steve F · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 29: Phil Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 30: Alan Slater · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 31: Martin Froggatt · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 32: Christopher Hilton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 33: Lynne Kirton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 35: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 37: Graham Hogg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 39: Bob1960evens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 40: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 43: Antony Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 46: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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