NG25
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Southwell, Westhorpe and High Town, 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 NG25 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NG25, 77.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NG25 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NG25 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NG25 at a rate of 37.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 104.1 per 1,000 people across NG.
In August 2026 alone, 31 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NG25.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (119), other crime (81) and anti-social behaviour (46).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NG25 was 43.1 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 NG25, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NG25 has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 9: 4 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 NG25
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newark and Sherwood 008A | 2,196 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 68.3% |
| Newark and Sherwood 008B | 2,135 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.9% |
| Newark and Sherwood 008C | 1,457 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.9% |
| Newark and Sherwood 008D | 1,768 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 74.9% |
| Newark and Sherwood 012E | 1,145 | 21.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 71.5% |
MPs for NG25
- Robert JenrickReform UKMP for Newark89% of NG25’s postcodes
- Michelle WelshLabourMP for Sherwood Forest11% of NG25’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 NG251
Postcode sectors in NG251
Council1
Postcode districts next to NG255
More in the NG postcode area2
NG25 in brief
NG25 is a postcode district covering Southwell, Westhorpe and High Town, in Newark and Sherwood.
About 9,098 people lived in NG25 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £405,000 in 2025 across 149 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 37.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NG25 was £405,000 in 2025.
NG25 had 9,101 usual residents at the census.
In NG25, 77.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NG25, 1.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.