Arboretum, Forest & Trent University

Nottingham · East Midlands · population 11,764 · 4 LSOAs

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

21Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,393 of 6,856 in England
  • #459 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #13 of 37 in Nottingham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,300
Median age (est.)22
Density8,258per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above21%
No car or van53%

Age

0–14 4%15–24 72%25–44 13%45–64 8%65+ 3%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 8%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 57%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 8%Social rent 29%Private rent 57%

Households

One person: 38%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 7%Lone parent: 6%Other: 38%
One person 38%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 7%Lone parent 6%Other 38%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 22% · Sales & customer service 17% · Professional 16%

All occupation groups
Elementary22%
Sales & customer service17%
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Process & plant6%
Managers & directors5%
Skilled trades5%

Ethnic group

White: 69%Asian: 13%Black: 9%Mixed: 7%Other: 3%
White 69%Asian 13%Black 9%Mixed 7%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 23% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 22%

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

Arboretum, Forest & Trent University is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,393 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 37 in Nottingham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (66) but weak on Health (4). Typical homes here sold for about £132,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 32 sales), 34% below the wider Nottingham median of £200,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,140 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 181 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 58 · #2,877
Employment 66 · #2,308
Education 13 · #5,948
Health 4 · #6,565
Crime 4 · #6,565
Housing & access 34 · #4,488
Living environment 11 · #6,092

House prices ?

£132,000median (12m) · -13.0% yr · n=32
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£132,00032-13.0%+4.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£135,0009
Flat£130,00021-7.5%+8.3%
This area£132,000
Nottingham£200,000
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)£30,140±£5,243 · #6,362 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,502
Price-to-income ?4.4×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

181 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,126 offences
Nottingham130
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #6,105 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences757
Theft403
Burglary117
Vehicle crime218
Criminal damage & arson202
Public order & weapons193
Drugs133
Robbery66
Other37

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 345 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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