Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 63,448 residents, it is a large town in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.
Mansfield grades low on several counts. Safety lags (D−): 56.4 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 22.2 home and vehicle crimes. Set beside UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more, its crime per resident is higher than in 85%. The town’s overall grade is D−, better than 4% of UK towns. Health is weaker too: life expectancy 77 for men, 81.2 for women. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 16% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £190,000, 4.4 times what households in the Mansfield council area earn in a year.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and incomes, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Mansfield 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 Mansfield is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 132 buildings inside Mansfield’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Mansfield Township, New Jersey, is named after Mansfield.
USUS editionMansfield Township, New Jersey, settled in 1688, takes its name from this large town.
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mansfield.
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Violence and sexual offences made up just over two fifths of the total. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 8,273 crimes and 1,623 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Mansfield’s built-up area. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 27.8 reports per 1,000, above Nottinghamshire’s towns (10.7) and England’s towns (7.8) alike.
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.
At the town’s 16 primary schools, nearly three in five pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Wynndale Primary School’s results beat 85% of schools in England like it. Of its 23 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason. Some 9,622 pupils attend Mansfield’s 16 primaries and four secondaries.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Road Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 537 | C |
| The Brunts AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,378 | C+ |
| Wynndale Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 231 | A |
At the census, 22% of people here had a disability, above Nottinghamshire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (17%) alike. 77% of people in Mansfield rate their own health good or very good. 7 GP practices serve the town; 71% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 7.1% of the town.
| Census 2021 | Mansfield | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.1% | 5.9% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These shares come straight from the census, without allowing for age, and young towns benefit; the Health Grade instead weighs age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 10% of residents. Mansfield has a median age of 41 years. Children under 15 make up 17%, in line with Nottinghamshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Mansfield | Nottinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.4% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| Degree level | 23% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Nottinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 19% of the total. Mansfield’s listed buildings include the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Grade I. Grade II* covers 7 of them, Grade I 1.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
2,301 standard sales inside Mansfield’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £190,000. Private rents average £790 a month across the Mansfield council area. 18% live in social housing, higher than Nottinghamshire’s towns (16%) and near England’s towns (18%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £290,000 | 817 |
| Semi-detached | £179,997 | 882 |
| Terraced | £125,000 | 454 |
| Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | 148 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 17% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Home was the main workplace for 17% of workers at the census. About 31% of its commuters stay in Mansfield for work. For every resident in work, Mansfield has 1.1 jobs. Household income came to £43K a year before tax, below Nottinghamshire’s towns (£51K) and England’s towns (£55K) alike.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Mansfield. Best known first.
MuseumMansfield Museumin town
Abbey or prioryNewstead Abbey4.6 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumMaking It! Discovery Centrein townHistoric houseHistoric house · National TrustHardwick Hall4.1 km outside town, to the westAttractionAttractionGo Ape! Sherwood Pines4.7 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
132 listed buildings in Mansfield, 1 of them Grade I.
St Peter's House: Photo: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Old Meeting House: Photo: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bath Mill: Photo: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Bridge Tavern Public House: Photo: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0
149 notable people were born in Mansfield.
Rebecca Adlington: Rockybiggs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ed Davey: ©House of Commons, CC BY 3.0 · Kris Commons: TuborgLight, CC BY-SA 3.0 · James Perch: Jon Candy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Holmes Herbert: Terry O. Morse, Public domain · John Whetton: Unknown (Asahi Shinbun), Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield | 63,448 | — | D− | C+ | D− | D |
| Mansfield Woodhouse | 19,521 | 1.9 | D | C+ | C+ | D |
| Forest Town | 19,015 | 2.6 | C | C | B− | C− |
| Sutton in Ashfield | 36,435 | 2.8 | D | B− | D | D |
| Stanton Hill and Skegby | 4,568 | 3.3 | D− | C+ | D | D |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | 21,262 | 3.7 | D | B− | C− | D |
| Rainworth | 7,990 | 3.8 | C+ | A | C− | D |
| New Houghton | 1,431 | 3.8 | — | A− | D | D− |
New Houghton has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results trail 81% of towns in England, and primary results trail 65% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £190,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £105,000, terraced houses £125,000, semi-detached houses £179,997 and detached houses £290,000.
Large town in Nottinghamshire, England
Mansfield is a built-up area of 63,448 people, in the Mansfield 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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