Balderton South
WardSouth east Newark and Sherwood. About 6,038 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 30% of people in Balderton South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Balderton South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Balderton South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Balderton South at a rate of 61.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.0 per 1,000 people across Newark and Sherwood.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 40 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Balderton South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (97), anti-social behaviour (67) and shoplifting (54).
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 Newark and Sherwood
These figures are published for the whole of Newark and Sherwood, not for each ward, so they describe all of Newark and Sherwood and not Balderton South alone. See Newark and Sherwood
Balderton South in brief
Balderton South had 5,625 usual residents at the census.
About 30% of people in Balderton South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Balderton South, 99.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Balderton South, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.