# Hucknall

Town in Ashfield, East Midlands.

Hucknall is a town in Ashfield, East Midlands. Median sale price £225,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 94.6 per 1,000 people. About 37,440 people.

Town. Code E63001889. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield)

Hucknall is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hucknall add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £225,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Hucknall was £225,000 in 2025. Joint 348th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hucknall#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 35,848** (2021). Hucknall had 35,848 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 308th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hucknall#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 79%** (2022). About 79% of people in Hucknall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hucknall#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.3%** (January 2026). In Hucknall, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hucknall#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001889) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 79% of people in Hucknall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001889) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 596 homes were sold in Hucknall in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001889) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Hucknall.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001889) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Hucknall had 35,848 usual residents at the census.

## How Hucknall compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Hucknall | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £225,000 | joint 47th cheapest | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 35,848 | 23rd most populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 79% | 44th most people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.3% | joint 15th highest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Hucknall safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hucknall at a rate of 94.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 280 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hucknall.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,266), other crime (590) and anti-social behaviour (576).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Hucknall was 97.6 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 Hucknall, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Hucknall has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Hucknall

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ashfield 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027934) | 1,300 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| [Ashfield 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027935) | 1,213 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| [Ashfield 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027936) | 1,423 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| [Ashfield 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01033778) | 1,369 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.2% |
| [Ashfield 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01033779) | 1,303 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% |
| [Ashfield 013H](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01033781) | 1,231 | 165.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.1% |
| [Ashfield 013I](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01033782) | 1,377 | 108.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Ashfield 013J](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01033783) | 1,412 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.4% |
| [Ashfield 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027927) | 2,116 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| [Ashfield 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027928) | 2,072 | 267.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| [Ashfield 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027932) | 2,272 | 173.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.4% |
| [Ashfield 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027933) | 1,518 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| [Ashfield 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027937) | 1,322 | 102.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Ashfield 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027925) | 2,218 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| [Ashfield 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027938) | 1,213 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| [Ashfield 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027940) | 1,316 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Ashfield 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027943) | 1,431 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| [Ashfield 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027944) | 1,455 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Ashfield 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027926) | 1,477 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [Ashfield 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027930) | 1,771 | 148.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| [Ashfield 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027939) | 1,531 | 139.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Ashfield 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027941) | 1,251 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| [Ashfield 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/neighbourhood/e01027942) | 2,846 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |

## Your MP

- [Sherwood Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sherwood-forest): Michelle Welsh (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield)

## Postcode districts covering Hucknall

[NG15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ng15)

## Middle areas in Hucknall

[Hucknall North & East](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/hucknall-north-and-east), [Hucknall Town](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/hucknall-town), [Hucknall Westville](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/hucknall-westville), [West Hucknall](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield/west-hucknall)

## Towns near Hucknall

[Nottingham](https://openindex.co.uk/nottingham), [Nuthall and Watnall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/nuthall-and-watnall), [Eastwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eastwood), [Arnold](https://openindex.co.uk/town/arnold), [Kirkby-in-Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kirkby-in-ashfield), [Ilkeston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ilkeston)

## Hucknall in brief

Hucknall is a town in Ashfield, East Midlands.
About 37,440 people lived in Hucknall in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 596 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Hucknall was £225,000 in 2025.
Hucknall had 35,848 usual residents at the census.
About 79% of people in Hucknall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hucknall, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001889
- Constituency: [Sherwood Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sherwood-forest)
- Council: [Ashfield †](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield)
- Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 8.56 km²
- People, mid-2024: 37,440*
- Neighbourhoods: 23
- Output areas: 117

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Nottingham](https://openindex.co.uk/nottingham), [Nuthall and Watnall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/nuthall-and-watnall), [Eastwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eastwood), [Arnold](https://openindex.co.uk/town/arnold), [Kirkby-in-Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kirkby-in-ashfield), [Ilkeston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ilkeston)

## Latest updates for Hucknall

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001889

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/hucknall, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/hucknall#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/hucknall