# Rainworth Town in Newark and Sherwood and Mansfield, East Midlands. Rainworth is a town in Newark and Sherwood and Mansfield, East Midlands. Median sale price £193,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 95.4 per 1,000 people. Town. Code E63001760. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood) Rainworth is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Rainworth 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: £193,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Rainworth was £193,500 in 2025. 202nd 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/rainworth#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 7,990** (2021). Rainworth had 7,990 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 58th least 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/rainworth#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Rainworth 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/rainworth#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.5%** (January 2026). In Rainworth, 98.5% 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/rainworth#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001760) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Rainworth 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=E63001760) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 140 homes were sold in Rainworth in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001760) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Rainworth. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001760) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Rainworth had 7,990 usual residents at the census. ## How Rainworth compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Rainworth | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £193,500 | 20th cheapest | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 7,990 | 5th least populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.5% | joint 12th highest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Rainworth safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rainworth at a rate of 95.4 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, 68 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rainworth. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (421), anti-social behaviour (123) and other crime (113). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Rainworth was 92.4 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 Rainworth, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Rainworth has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Rainworth | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Mansfield 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/mansfield/neighbourhood/e01028254) | 1,330 | 92.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.4% | | [Newark and Sherwood 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood/neighbourhood/e01028296) | 1,801 | 191.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% | | [Newark and Sherwood 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood/neighbourhood/e01028342) | 1,484 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% | | [Newark and Sherwood 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood/neighbourhood/e01028343) | 2,446 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% | | [Newark and Sherwood 006G](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood/neighbourhood/e01028344) | 1,341 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% | ## 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. ## Councils Rainworth sits in [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood), [Mansfield](https://openindex.co.uk/mansfield) ## Postcode districts covering Rainworth [NG21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ng21) ## Middle areas in Rainworth [Rainworth & Blidworth](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood/rainworth-and-blidworth) ## Towns near Rainworth [Mansfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mansfield), [Forest Town](https://openindex.co.uk/town/forest-town), [Mansfield Woodhouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mansfield-woodhouse), [Sutton in Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sutton-in-ashfield), [Kirkby-in-Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kirkby-in-ashfield), [Hucknall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hucknall) ## Rainworth in brief Rainworth is a town in Newark and Sherwood and Mansfield, East Midlands. About 8,016 people lived in Rainworth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £193,500 in 2025 across 140 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Rainworth was £193,500 in 2025. Rainworth had 7,990 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Rainworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Rainworth, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63001760 - Constituency: [Sherwood Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sherwood-forest) - Council: [Newark and Sherwood †](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood) - Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 2.41 km² - People, mid-2024: 8,016* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 26 * 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 [Mansfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mansfield), [Forest Town](https://openindex.co.uk/town/forest-town), [Mansfield Woodhouse](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mansfield-woodhouse), [Sutton in Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sutton-in-ashfield), [Kirkby-in-Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kirkby-in-ashfield), [Hucknall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hucknall) ## Latest updates for Rainworth - 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/E63001760 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/rainworth, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/rainworth#f-house-sales-median-price. 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