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Newlands Forest Town

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South east Mansfield. About 2,842 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Newlands Forest Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,711
829th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Newlands Forest Town compares

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

Newlands Forest TownMiddle
Population36 wards, Mansfield · 2021
Population: every ward in Mansfield36 areas from 1,357 to 3,863. The middle area is 3,097. Newlands Forest Town is 2,711.
2,7116th least 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%. Newlands Forest Town is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest 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%. Newlands Forest Town is 98.4%.
98.4%joint 15th highest
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%. Newlands Forest Town is 3.7%.
3.7%18th highest

Is Newlands Forest Town safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Newlands Forest Town at a rate of 65.4 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, 12 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Newlands Forest Town.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (110), other crime (40) and anti-social behaviour (22).

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 Newlands Forest Town 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
Newlands Forest Town in brief

Newlands Forest Town had 2,711 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Newlands Forest Town live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Newlands Forest Town, 98.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Newlands Forest Town, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.