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Bancroft

Ward

South west Mansfield. About 3,802 people in 0.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Bancroft live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,628
Joint 1,645th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bancroft compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

BancroftMiddle
Population36 wards, Mansfield · 2021
Population: every ward in Mansfield36 areas from 1,357 to 3,863. The middle area is 3,097. Bancroft is 3,628.
3,6283rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares36 wards, Mansfield · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Mansfield36 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 32.0%. Bancroft is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage36 wards, Mansfield · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Mansfield36 areas from 85.7% to 100.0%. The middle area is 97.5%. Bancroft is 93.6%.
93.6%6th lowest
Claimant rate35 wards, Mansfield · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Mansfield35 areas from 0.6% to 8.7%. The middle area is 3.7%. Bancroft is 6.2%.
6.2%joint 5th highest

Is Bancroft safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bancroft at a rate of 182.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 116.9 per 1,000 people across Mansfield.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 65 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bancroft.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (229), shoplifting (118) and other crime (105).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Mansfield

These figures are published for the whole of Mansfield, not for each ward, so they describe all of Mansfield and not Bancroft alone. See Mansfield

Average house price
£185,870
Down 0.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£32,525
11th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.7×
Joint 72nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
26.9
Joint 60th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bancroft in brief

Bancroft had 3,628 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Bancroft live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bancroft, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bancroft, 6.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.