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Postcode district

Postcode district covering Nottingham, Bulwell and Highbury Vale, in Nottingham.

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 NG6 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In NG6, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£184,000
275th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
38,566
504th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How NG6 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

NG6Middle
Median sale price29 postcode districts, NG · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in NG29 areas from £151,250 to £405,000. The middle area is £225,000. NG6 is £184,000.
£184,0004th cheapest
Population29 postcode districts, NG · 2021
Population: every postcode district in NG29 areas from 9,101 to 90,410. The middle area is 43,948. NG6 is 38,566.
38,56612th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage29 postcode districts, NG · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in NG29 areas from 35.8% to 99.2%. The middle area is 94.3%. NG6 is 98.2%.
98.2%2nd highest
Claimant rate29 postcode districts, NG · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in NG29 areas from 1.2% to 6.5%. The middle area is 3.4%. NG6 is 6.5%.
6.5%highest

Is NG6 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NG6 at a rate of 135.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 104.1 per 1,000 people across NG.

In August 2026 alone, 496 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NG6.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,065), other crime (991) and anti-social behaviour (814).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NG6 was 129.7 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 NG6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NG6 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in NG6

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Gedling 016A2,25351.3 per 1,000680.2%
Nottingham 002A1,311116.8 per 1,000193.1%
Nottingham 002B1,545142.6 per 1,000199.5%
Nottingham 002C1,546138.9 per 1,000199.9%
Nottingham 002D1,470176.5 per 1,0001100.0%
Nottingham 002E1,648480.3 per 1,000197.1%
Nottingham 004A1,446110.1 per 1,0002100.0%
Nottingham 004B1,590146.8 per 1,0003100.0%
Nottingham 004C1,68074.5 per 1,0005100.0%
Nottingham 004D1,51127.8 per 1,000499.9%
Nottingham 004E1,754269.6 per 1,0001100.0%
Nottingham 005A1,27847.0 per 1,0006100.0%
Nottingham 005B1,692150.4 per 1,0001100.0%
Nottingham 005C1,557155.2 per 1,000198.9%
Nottingham 005D1,366108.6 per 1,0001100.0%
Nottingham 005E1,449137.5 per 1,0001100.0%
Nottingham 005F1,352119.1 per 1,0001100.0%
Nottingham 008B1,80488.3 per 1,000392.9%
Nottingham 008C1,59393.6 per 1,0002100.0%
Nottingham 008D1,614101.8 per 1,0002100.0%
Nottingham 008E1,999181.0 per 1,000295.5%
Nottingham 009A1,678116.1 per 1,0003100.0%
Nottingham 009B1,599111.7 per 1,0003100.0%
Nottingham 009C1,48094.4 per 1,0006100.0%
Nottingham 009D1,856112.9 per 1,000298.3%

MPs for NG6

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 NG65

Postcode sectors in NG65

Council1

Towns in NG61

Postcode districts next to NG65

Nearest rail stations4

More in the NG postcode area2

NG6 in brief

NG6 is a postcode district covering Nottingham, Bulwell and Highbury Vale, in Nottingham.

About 39,138 people lived in NG6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £184,000 in 2025 across 426 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 135.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NG6 was £184,000 in 2025.

NG6 had 38,566 usual residents at the census.

In NG6, 98.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In NG6, 6.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.