Nottingham: local statistics
Nottingham is a unitary authority in the East Midlands, home to an estimated 325,765 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 Nottingham, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The claimant count for Nottingham stood at 14,015 in August 2026, or 6.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the East Midlands: 3.5%). A year earlier the rate was 6.0%. The five-year high was 7.1% (August 2021); the low was 5.1% (November 2022).
In the year to March 2026, 41,359 offences were recorded by police in Nottingham: 127.0 per 1,000 people, the highest rate of the 32 council areas in the East Midlands. The rate was 119.2 in the year to March 2025. The highest rate in the series was 138.0, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
A Band D home in Nottingham pays an average of £2,755.39 in council tax in 2026-27, up £99.20 on 2025-26. It is the highest in the East Midlands. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,771.08.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Nottingham had a life expectancy at birth of 80.8 years; for men it was 76.4 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.6 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.7 less. It is the lowest for women in the East Midlands.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Nottingham was £633.90 in April 2025, or £30,798 over a year. That is 12.1% below the figure for the East Midlands and the 2nd lowest in the East Midlands. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £672.60, £38.70 higher. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £434.80: a change of +46% before inflation.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Nottingham at £190,200 for July 2026, down 1.3% on a year before. That is 30th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest (regional average £242,274). The July peak was £192,739 in 2025, and prices are 58% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Nottingham (£30,798) gives a ratio of 6.2. That ratio is the 25th highest ratio of 35 in the East Midlands.
An estimated 66.1% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Nottingham were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 3.4 points either way; the figure for the East Midlands was 75.4%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 58.7% to 75.0%.
In March 2026, 12,375 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Nottingham, 11% more than in 2016. There are 38 per 1,000 residents, 25th of 35 in the East Midlands, counting from the highest.
325,765 people lived in Nottingham in mid-2025, according to the ONS, a change of -1.5% in a year. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 4.0% (the East Midlands: +8.6%), the 29th fastest growth of 35 in the East Midlands. The series peaked at 330,561 in mid-2024.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 313,265 |
| 2016 | 317,625 |
| 2017 | 320,378 |
| 2018 | 322,323 |
| 2019 | 323,160 |
| 2020 | 322,822 |
| 2021 | 319,978 |
| 2022 | 326,632 |
| 2023 | 327,193 |
| 2024 | 330,561 |
| 2025 | 325,765 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £120,333 |
| July 2017 | £129,846 |
| July 2018 | £135,157 |
| July 2019 | £138,134 |
| July 2020 | £148,938 |
| July 2021 | £164,867 |
| July 2022 | £187,957 |
| July 2023 | £191,685 |
| July 2024 | £191,752 |
| July 2025 | £192,739 |
| July 2026 | £190,200 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £434.80 a week |
| 2016 | £448.20 a week |
| 2017 | £452.50 a week |
| 2018 | £460.00 a week |
| 2019 | £480.00 a week |
| 2020 | £501.00 a week |
| 2021 | £490.60 a week |
| 2022 | £535.40 a week |
| 2023 | £557.90 a week |
| 2024 | £590.40 a week |
| 2025 | £633.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,771.08 |
| 2017-18 | £1,851.74 |
| 2018-19 | £1,961.35 |
| 2019-20 | £2,038.06 |
| 2020-21 | £2,118.99 |
| 2021-22 | £2,225.76 |
| 2022-23 | £2,294.14 |
| 2023-24 | £2,411.65 |
| 2024-25 | £2,529.69 |
| 2025-26 | £2,656.19 |
| 2026-27 | £2,755.39 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 95.5 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 106.5 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 124.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 138.0 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 133.1 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 101.1 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 126.3 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 127.3 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 123.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 119.2 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 127.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 65.2% |
| 2016/17 | 60.9% |
| 2017/18 | 58.7% |
| 2018/19 | 64.1% |
| 2019/20 | 64.7% |
| 2020/21 | 75.0% |
| 2021/22 | 70.3% |
| 2022/23 | 66.2% |
| 2023/24 | 64.4% |
| 2024/25 | 72.0% |
| 2025/26 | 66.1% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.4 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.0 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 80.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 80.5 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 80.6 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 80.8 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 11,100 |
| 2017 | 11,570 |
| 2018 | 11,715 |
| 2019 | 11,980 |
| 2020 | 11,970 |
| 2021 | 12,065 |
| 2022 | 12,220 |
| 2023 | 12,255 |
| 2024 | 12,355 |
| 2025 | 12,075 |
| 2026 | 12,375 |
Questions about Nottingham
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Nottingham?
The ONS claimant count was 14,015 in August 2026, 6.1% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Nottingham?
127.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in Nottingham?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,755.39 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in Nottingham?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 76.4 years for men and 80.8 for women.
What is the average salary in Nottingham?
£633.90 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the average house price in Nottingham?
£190,200 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-1.3% on a year).
What is the population of Nottingham?
325,765 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
Who has power over Nottingham
Every body that makes decisions for Nottingham, 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
- Nottingham council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Nottingham 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
- Nottingham East: Nadia Whittome (Labour) MP
- Nottingham North and Kimberley: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- Nottingham South: Lilian Greenwood (Labour) 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 unemployment rate · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the East Midlands: Charnwood · Derby · Leicester · North Northamptonshire · South Kesteven · West Northamptonshire
Related questions
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