NG23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Collingham, in Newark and Sherwood and South Kesteven.
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 NG23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NG23, 35.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NG23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NG23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NG23 at a rate of 46.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 104.1 per 1,000 people across NG.
In August 2026 alone, 79 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NG23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (254), other crime (209) and anti-social behaviour (126).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NG23 was 37.5 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 NG23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NG23 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NG23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newark and Sherwood 003C | 1,486 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 32.7% |
| Newark and Sherwood 003D | 1,530 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 29.0% |
| Newark and Sherwood 003E | 1,246 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.8% |
| Newark and Sherwood 004A | 1,530 | 24.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 4.4% |
| Newark and Sherwood 004B | 1,702 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 38.1% |
| Newark and Sherwood 004C | 1,616 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 69.5% |
| Newark and Sherwood 012B | 1,295 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 35.2% |
| Newark and Sherwood 012D | 1,140 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 61.9% |
| South Kesteven 001D | 2,543 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 51.1% |
| South Kesteven 002C | 2,509 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 24.5% |
MPs for NG23
- Robert JenrickReform UKMP for Newark81% of NG23’s postcodes
- Gareth DaviesConservativeMP for Grantham and Bourne19% of NG23’s postcodes
- Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeMP for Sleaford and North Hykeham0.3% of NG23’s postcodes
- Sir Edward LeighConservativeMP for Gainsborough0.1% of NG23’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 NG232
Postcode sectors in NG233
Councils NG23 covers2
Postcode districts next to NG239
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NG postcode area2
NG23 in brief
NG23 is a postcode district covering Collingham, in Newark and Sherwood and South Kesteven.
About 18,492 people lived in NG23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £348,500 in 2025 across 274 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NG23 was £348,500 in 2025.
NG23 had 17,932 usual residents at the census.
In NG23, 35.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NG23, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.