Highbury Vale

Nottingham · East Midlands · population 7,936 · 5 LSOAs

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

19Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,578 of 6,856 in England
  • #477 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #17 of 37 in Nottingham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,977
Median age (est.)41
Density4,590per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above21%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 33%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 33%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 16%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 15%Other: 15%
One person 33%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 15%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 4%Black: 8%Mixed: 5%Other: 1%
White 83%Asian 4%Black 8%Mixed 5%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Highbury Vale is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,578 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 37 in Nottingham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (67) and lowest on Employment (15). Typical homes here, about £178,250 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 92 sales), 11% below the wider Nottingham median of £200,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,430 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 109 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 22 · #5,352
Employment 15 · #5,845
Education 25 · #5,119
Health 15 · #5,797
Crime 23 · #5,290
Housing & access 67 · #2,260
Living environment 20 · #5,496

House prices ?

£178,250median (12m) · +1.9% yr · n=92
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£178,25092+1.9%+37.1%
Detached£225,00023-2.7%+23.3%
Semi-detached£200,00036+8.7%+48.4%
Terraced£150,00031-2.3%+25.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£178,250
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)£32,430±£4,676 · #5,842 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,346
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

109 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 864 offences
Nottingham130
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,179 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences466
Theft85
Burglary25
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson81
Public order & weapons84
Drugs37
Robbery6
Other43

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 143 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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