Retford
TownTown in Bassetlaw, East Midlands.
Retford is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Retford 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Retford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Retford compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Retford safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Retford at a rate of 87.1 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, 256 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Retford.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (856), other crime (380) and anti-social behaviour (317).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Retford was 79.1 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 Retford, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Retford has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Retford
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassetlaw 005A | 1,918 | 105.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| Bassetlaw 005B | 1,480 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.2% |
| Bassetlaw 005C | 1,601 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Bassetlaw 005D | 1,353 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
| Bassetlaw 008A | 1,333 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| Bassetlaw 008B | 1,317 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| Bassetlaw 008C | 1,620 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.6% |
| Bassetlaw 008D | 1,558 | 234.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.0% |
| Bassetlaw 008E | 1,329 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.8% |
| Bassetlaw 008F | 1,662 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Bassetlaw 010A | 2,479 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Bassetlaw 010B | 1,378 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Bassetlaw 010C | 1,417 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Bassetlaw 010D | 1,781 | 212.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.5% |
| Bassetlaw 010E | 1,739 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
Your MP
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Retford1
Middle areas in Retford3
Towns near Retford6
Retford in brief
Retford is a town in Bassetlaw, East Midlands.
About 25,024 people lived in Retford in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,000 in 2025 across 407 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Retford was £195,000 in 2025.
Retford had 23,735 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Retford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Retford, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.