Bassetlaw: local statistics
Bassetlaw is a district council area in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 126,454 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Bassetlaw, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A Band D home in Bassetlaw pays an average of £2,644.95 in council tax in 2026-27, 4.2% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 4th highest of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,734.36, so it has risen 53%.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Bassetlaw at £214,281 for July 2026, a rise of 5.5% in twelve months. It ranks as the 26th highest of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands (regional average £242,274). This July figure is the highest in the series, 55% up on July 2016. The average price is 6.2 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Bassetlaw. That ratio is the 26th highest ratio of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands.
The ONS estimates that 126,454 people lived in Bassetlaw in mid-2025, up 1.4% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +10.5%, against +8.6% for the East Midlands as a whole, the 9th fastest growth of the 35 council areas in the East Midlands. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The police recorded 79.0 crimes per 1,000 residents in Bassetlaw in the year to March 2026 (9,991 offences in all), the 9th highest rate of the 32 council areas in the East Midlands. The rate was 76.0 in the year to March 2025. In the year to March 2016 it was 65.8 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Bassetlaw was £698.60 in April 2025 (£34,744 a year). It is the 25th highest of 35 in the East Midlands, and 3.1% less than across the East Midlands. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £651.60, £47.00 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £505.50: a change of +38% before inflation.
A girl born in Bassetlaw in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 82.7 years and a boy 78.9 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.6 years for women and +0.2 for men. It is 22nd of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest for women.
In March 2026, 5,195 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Bassetlaw, 12% more than in 2016. There are 41 per 1,000 residents, mid-table in the East Midlands, 18th of 35.
3.1% of Bassetlaw residents aged 16 to 64 (2,360 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026 (the East Midlands: 3.5%). A year earlier the rate was 3.0%. Over the last five years it peaked at 4.0% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.8% in October 2022.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 78.0% of Bassetlaw residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 7.4 points); the figure for the East Midlands was 75.4%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 65.0% to 81.6%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 114,393 |
| 2016 | 114,879 |
| 2017 | 115,757 |
| 2018 | 116,212 |
| 2019 | 116,485 |
| 2020 | 117,068 |
| 2021 | 118,327 |
| 2022 | 120,055 |
| 2023 | 122,561 |
| 2024 | 124,742 |
| 2025 | 126,454 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £138,327 |
| July 2017 | £140,673 |
| July 2018 | £146,201 |
| July 2019 | £150,062 |
| July 2020 | £155,506 |
| July 2021 | £173,291 |
| July 2022 | £192,723 |
| July 2023 | £191,950 |
| July 2024 | £194,097 |
| July 2025 | £203,035 |
| July 2026 | £214,281 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £505.50 a week |
| 2016 | £505.70 a week |
| 2017 | £515.60 a week |
| 2018 | £548.70 a week |
| 2019 | £555.70 a week |
| 2020 | £537.20 a week |
| 2021 | £503.70 a week |
| 2022 | £560.60 a week |
| 2023 | £598.20 a week |
| 2024 | £643.10 a week |
| 2025 | £698.60 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,734.36 |
| 2017-18 | £1,804.77 |
| 2018-19 | £1,892.57 |
| 2019-20 | £1,981.59 |
| 2020-21 | £2,059.27 |
| 2021-22 | £2,128.86 |
| 2022-23 | £2,210.09 |
| 2023-24 | £2,317.01 |
| 2024-25 | £2,423.75 |
| 2025-26 | £2,539.53 |
| 2026-27 | £2,644.95 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 65.8 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 72.2 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 84.6 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 93.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 91.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 75.0 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 90.1 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 91.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 79.7 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 76.0 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 79.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 65.0% |
| 2016/17 | 68.2% |
| 2017/18 | 80.3% |
| 2018/19 | 74.1% |
| 2019/20 | 81.6% |
| 2020/21 | 69.7% |
| 2021/22 | 74.7% |
| 2022/23 | 78.0% |
| 2023/24 | 74.2% |
| 2024/25 | 74.1% |
| 2025/26 | 78.0% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.1 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.7 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.3 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.0 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.7 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,650 |
| 2017 | 4,850 |
| 2018 | 4,845 |
| 2019 | 4,855 |
| 2020 | 4,845 |
| 2021 | 4,900 |
| 2022 | 5,015 |
| 2023 | 5,060 |
| 2024 | 5,105 |
| 2025 | 5,165 |
| 2026 | 5,195 |
Questions about Bassetlaw
How much is Band D council tax in Bassetlaw?
£2,644.95 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average house price in Bassetlaw?
£214,281 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+5.5% on a year).
What is the population of Bassetlaw?
The ONS estimates 126,454 people lived in Bassetlaw in mid-2025.
What is the crime rate in Bassetlaw?
79.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is the average salary in Bassetlaw?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Bassetlaw was £698.60 a week in April 2025 (£34,744 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is life expectancy in Bassetlaw?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 78.9 years for men and 82.7 for women.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Bassetlaw?
2,360 in August 2026 (3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
Who has power over Bassetlaw
Every body that makes decisions for Bassetlaw, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Bassetlaw council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Bassetlaw in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Bassetlaw: Jo White (Labour) MP
- Newark: Robert Jenrick (Reform UK) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East Midlands
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK population · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Amber Valley · Ashfield · Gedling · Newark and Sherwood · North Kesteven · Rushcliffe
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