Rainworth North & Rufford
WardWest Newark and Sherwood. About 6,577 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 56 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Rainworth North & Rufford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Rainworth North & Rufford compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Rainworth North & Rufford safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rainworth North & Rufford at a rate of 107.6 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, 50 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rainworth North & Rufford.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (313), anti-social behaviour (73) and other crime (59).
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 Rainworth North & Rufford alone. See Newark and Sherwood
Rainworth North & Rufford in brief
Rainworth North & Rufford had 6,457 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Rainworth North & Rufford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rainworth North & Rufford, 85.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Rainworth North & Rufford, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.