Eakring & Ling Forest

Eakring & Ling Forest is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,513 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 13 in Mansfield. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (92) and lowest on Health (42). Typical homes here, about £215,750 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 38% in five years (from 90 sales), 14% above the wider Mansfield median of £190,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #78 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £37,349 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.