Top Valley East

Nottingham · East Midlands · population 7,658 · 5 LSOAs

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

6Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,469 of 6,856 in England
  • #549 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #33 of 37 in Nottingham
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,631
Median age (est.)39
Density5,723per km²
No qualifications29%
Degree or above18%
No car or van42%

Age

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

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 42%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 42%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 19%Lone parent: 16%Other: 11%
One person 42%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 19%Lone parent 16%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Caring & leisure 15% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Caring & leisure15%
Sales & customer service12%
Skilled trades11%
Professional11%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 80%Asian: 2%Black: 11%Mixed: 7%Other: 1%
White 80%Asian 2%Black 11%Mixed 7%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 50% · Christian 41% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Top Valley East is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,469 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #33 of 37 in Nottingham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (81) but weak on Employment (2). Typical homes here, about £186,350 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 40% in five years (from 62 sales), 7% below the wider Nottingham median of £200,000. Typical household take-home income is around £25,778 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 106 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 8 · #6,339
Employment 2 · #6,695
Education 6 · #6,407
Health 5 · #6,524
Crime 7 · #6,401
Housing & access 40 · #4,138
Living environment 81 · #1,328

House prices ?

£186,350median (12m) · +6.5% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£186,35062+6.5%+40.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£190,00028-1.0%+32.9%
Terraced£171,00027+5.2%+42.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£186,350
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)£25,778±£4,131 · #6,809 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,841
Price-to-income ?7.2×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

106 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 813 offences
Nottingham130
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #5,106 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences364
Theft167
Burglary16
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson95
Public order & weapons62
Drugs40
Robbery11
Other46

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 210 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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