NG22
Postcode districtPostcode district covering New Ollerton, Bilsthorpe and Farnsfield, in Newark and Sherwood and Bassetlaw.
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 NG22 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NG22, 74.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NG22 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NG22 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NG22 at a rate of 72.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 104.1 per 1,000 people across NG.
In August 2026 alone, 167 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NG22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (823), other crime (406) and anti-social behaviour (326).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NG22 was 69.2 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 NG22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NG22 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NG22
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassetlaw 015B | 1,223 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 39.0% |
| Bassetlaw 015D | 1,792 | 78.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 51.3% |
| Bassetlaw 015E | 1,539 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.5% |
| Newark and Sherwood 001A | 1,944 | 149.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.8% |
| Newark and Sherwood 001B | 1,515 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.0% |
| Newark and Sherwood 001C | 1,795 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Newark and Sherwood 001D | 1,884 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.2% |
| Newark and Sherwood 001E | 1,579 | 86.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.2% |
| Newark and Sherwood 001G | 1,298 | 131.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.6% |
| Newark and Sherwood 001H | 1,257 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.6% |
| Newark and Sherwood 003A | 1,485 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 23.9% |
| Newark and Sherwood 003B | 2,314 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 51.3% |
| Newark and Sherwood 005A | 1,901 | 69.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.7% |
| Newark and Sherwood 005B | 1,987 | 126.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| Newark and Sherwood 005C | 1,994 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 69.7% |
| Newark and Sherwood 005D | 1,788 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.9% |
| Newark and Sherwood 005E | 1,614 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 12.9% |
MPs for NG22
- Michelle WelshLabourMP for Sherwood Forest65% of NG22’s postcodes
- Robert JenrickReform UKMP for Newark35% of NG22’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 NG222
Postcode sectors in NG223
Councils NG22 covers2
Towns in NG221
Postcode districts next to NG229
More in the NG postcode area2
NG22 in brief
NG22 is a postcode district covering New Ollerton, Bilsthorpe and Farnsfield, in Newark and Sherwood and Bassetlaw.
About 29,631 people lived in NG22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £214,998 in 2025 across 442 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NG22 was £214,998 in 2025.
NG22 had 28,155 usual residents at the census.
In NG22, 74.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NG22, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.