Sutton Forest Side & New Cross

Ashfield · East Midlands · population 10,245 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

17Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,660 of 6,856 in England
  • #487 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #14 of 16 in Ashfield
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,280
Median age (est.)37
Density2,773per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above20%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 25%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 15%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 15%Other: 12%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 15%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Caring & leisure 12% · Process & plant 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Caring & leisure12%
Process & plant12%
Skilled trades12%
Professional12%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 54% · Christian 38% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Sutton Forest Side & New Cross is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,660 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 16 in Ashfield. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (93) but weak on Health (11). Typical homes here, about £165,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 38% in five years (from 130 sales), 15% below the wider Ashfield median of £195,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,091 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 139 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 22 · #5,345
Employment 15 · #5,845
Education 19 · #5,571
Health 11 · #6,092
Crime 22 · #5,311
Housing & access 93 · #505
Living environment 26 · #5,043

House prices ?

£165,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=130
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£165,0001300.0%+37.5%
Detached£250,00025-7.7%+13.6%
Semi-detached£170,00053+1.5%+27.8%
Terraced£150,00049+28.2%+74.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£165,000
Ashfield£195,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£33,091±£4,866 · #5,648 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,673
Price-to-income ?5.0×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

139 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,421 offences
Ashfield84
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,771 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences613
Theft314
Burglary56
Vehicle crime67
Criminal damage & arson128
Public order & weapons130
Drugs46
Robbery19
Other48

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 200 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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