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Ollerton

Ward

North west Newark and Sherwood. About 9,931 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 31 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 Ollerton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
9,367
Joint 2,752nd most 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
91.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Ollerton compares

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

OllertonMiddle
Population21 wards, Newark and Sherwood · 2021
Population: every ward in Newark and Sherwood21 areas from 2,915 to 11,776. The middle area is 5,626. Ollerton is 9,367.
9,3673rd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 wards, Newark and Sherwood · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Newark and Sherwood21 areas from 0.0% to 50.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Ollerton is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 wards, Newark and Sherwood · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Newark and Sherwood21 areas from 25.6% to 99.2%. The middle area is 90.9%. Ollerton is 91.1%.
91.1%9th highest
Claimant rate21 wards, Newark and Sherwood · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Newark and Sherwood21 areas from 0.5% to 5.7%. The middle area is 2.3%. Ollerton is 3.4%.
3.4%4th highest

Is Ollerton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ollerton at a rate of 89.7 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, 76 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ollerton.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (344), other crime (183) and anti-social behaviour (136).

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 Ollerton alone. See Newark and Sherwood

Average house price
£236,524
Up 3.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,118
127th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.4×
Joint 122nd most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.1
Joint 143rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Ollerton in brief

Ollerton had 9,367 usual residents at the census.

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

In Ollerton, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Ollerton, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.