Arnold Town

Gedling · East Midlands · population 5,883 · 4 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,968 of 6,856 in England
  • #423 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #15 of 15 in Gedling
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,879
Median age (est.)39
Density3,212per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above23%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 25%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 30%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 27%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 30%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 27%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 14%Other: 13%
One person 31%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 14%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 3%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 3%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 54% · Christian 37% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Arnold Town is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,968 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 15 in Gedling. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (100) but weak on Employment (19). Typical homes here, about £230,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 31% in five years (from 59 sales), 8% below the wider Gedling median of £250,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,294 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 136 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 24 · #5,174
Employment 19 · #5,530
Education 22 · #5,345
Health 25 · #5,119
Crime 35 · #4,447
Housing & access 100 · #19
Living environment 54 · #3,165

House prices ?

£230,000median (12m) · +7.0% yr · n=59
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£230,00059+7.0%+31.4%
Detached£307,00011+11.6%+17.2%
Semi-detached£225,00034-2.2%+28.6%
Terraced£207,5008+19.1%+33.9%
Flat£126,0006+20.6%+5.0%
This area£230,000
Gedling£250,000
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)£33,294±£5,105 · #5,576 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,163
Price-to-income ?6.9×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 ?

54Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

136 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 798 offences
Gedling57
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,734 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences271
Theft290
Burglary15
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson61
Public order & weapons65
Drugs25
Robbery14
Other43

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 209 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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