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A village of 1,165 in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands. 41% of households own their home with no mortgage.
Prices are modest for what you get: homes sell for a median £250,000, about 5 times local household income. Jobs & income is another plus — the mean household earns £56,225 a year. Its weakest is walkability: 6% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety and B for health.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Coddington is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
The 3 things Coddington does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Coddington is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Coddington is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
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Historic England lists them inside Coddington’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Coddington.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 28% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
1.7% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, lower than both Nottinghamshire’s towns (2.6%) and England’s towns (2.3%). Coddington counts 0.5 jobs per working resident. Cycling ranked second among ways to work, at 3%.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Among adults, 35% have a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town, lower than both Nottinghamshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (12%). Typical age in Coddington: 45.3, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Coddington | Nottinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.5% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 20% | 17% |
| Degree level | 35% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Nottinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Owners make up 75% of households. Behind the median of £250,000: 55 standard sales inside Coddington’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Social housing holds 15% of households, below Nottinghamshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £290,000 | 32 |
| Semi-detached | £210,000 | 15 |
| Terraced | £198,750 | 8 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
17% of residents have a disability, below Nottinghamshire’s towns (19%) and close to England’s towns (17%). Self-reported good health: 83% of Coddington’s residents. The nearest A&E to Coddington is Lincoln County Hospital, 14.7 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Coddington | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.7% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 17% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Coddington has 5 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade II*. It has one scheduled monument.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
For its size, Coddington records more crime per resident than 76% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people. The town logged 69 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 14 complaints of anti-social conduct. Homes saw 11.7 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, above Nottinghamshire’s towns (10.4) and England’s towns (9.4) alike. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 46% of recorded crime.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Coddington. Best known first.
CastleNewark Castle2.6 km outside town, to the west
MuseumNational Civil War Centre2.2 km outside town, to the west
FortQueen's Sconce3.4 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumNewark Air Museum1.2 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionNewark Showground1.4 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumNewark Town Hall Museum and Art Gallery2.4 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coddington | 1,165 | — | — | B+ | C+ | B |
| Newark-on-Trent | 29,755 | 1.6 | C− | A− | D | C− |
| Balderton | 12,876 | 2 | B | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Farndon | 2,472 | 3.6 | — | B+ | B+ | B |
| Claypole | 1,352 | 3.7 | — | A | A | A− |
| Collingham | 2,870 | 4.6 | A | B− | A | B |
| Long Bennington | 2,149 | 6 | — | B | A | A− |
| Bassingham | 1,511 | 6.3 | — | A− | A | B− |
Farndon, Claypole, Long Bennington and Bassingham have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Burglary was rare, with 1 report in the year.
GCSE results beat 52% of towns in England, and primary results trail 78% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Places are handled by Nottinghamshire council.
Village in Nottinghamshire, England
Coddington is a built-up area of 1,165 people, in the Newark and Sherwood council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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