NG21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rainworth, Edwinstowe and Blidworth, in Newark and Sherwood.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NG21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NG21, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NG21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NG21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NG21 at a rate of 71.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 104.1 per 1,000 people across NG.
In August 2026 alone, 180 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NG21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (825), anti-social behaviour (301) and other crime (290).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NG21 was 74.8 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in NG21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NG21 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NG21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield 012A | 1,330 | 92.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.4% |
| Newark and Sherwood 002A | 2,021 | 103.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.9% |
| Newark and Sherwood 002C | 1,544 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.7% |
| Newark and Sherwood 002D | 2,066 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Newark and Sherwood 002E | 1,713 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.5% |
| Newark and Sherwood 002F | 1,403 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Newark and Sherwood 002G | 1,571 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| Newark and Sherwood 002H | 1,450 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| Newark and Sherwood 006A | 1,801 | 191.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
| Newark and Sherwood 006B | 1,508 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.9% |
| Newark and Sherwood 006C | 1,331 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| Newark and Sherwood 006D | 1,454 | 152.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.0% |
| Newark and Sherwood 006E | 1,484 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Newark and Sherwood 006F | 2,446 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Newark and Sherwood 006G | 1,341 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
MPs for NG21
- Michelle WelshLabourMP for Sherwood Forest93% of NG21’s postcodes
- Steve YemmLabourMP for Mansfield6.8% of NG21’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in NG212
Postcode sectors in NG212
Council1
Towns in NG212
Postcode districts next to NG217
More in the NG postcode area2
NG21 in brief
NG21 is a postcode district covering Rainworth, Edwinstowe and Blidworth, in Newark and Sherwood.
About 25,510 people lived in NG21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £217,250 in 2025 across 492 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NG21 was £217,250 in 2025.
NG21 had 24,474 usual residents at the census.
In NG21, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NG21, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.