Shared Ownership in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is one of the safest areas in the East Midlands and significantly safer than Merseyside, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire, which rank at the top.

The safest areas within Nottinghamshire are Bingham and East Leake, which are 52% and 60% safer than the average crime rate in the county, respectively.

Nottinghamshire has 103 secondary schools and serves over 76,000 students, with 26.91% of pupils achieving grade 5 or above in their core GCSEs - outperforming the UK average. Of the schools across Nottinghamshire, 82% are rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted.

For any students considering higher education in Nottinghamshire, the county is home to both the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University with a combined intake of 80,305 students.

Nottinghamshire sits at the heart of the UK and has a broad range of available transport links for residents. 

East Midlands Rail connects Worksop in the North to Newark in the East and everywhere in between. Elsewhere, East Coast Trains and Cross Country Trains also stop at a number of Nottinghamshire towns, while Northern Rail also provides direct links to Sheffield, Leeds and Chesterfield.

Nottingham itself has an extensive tram system (NET) that offers direct connections to leisure and tourist attractions, with multiple stops in the city centre and surrounding areas such as Clifton and Hucknall.

Finally, East Midlands Airport offers international links to a range of popular destinations and is easily accessible from anywhere in Nottinghamshire. 

Nottinghamshire’s employment rate is 74.5%, which on average is the same as the wider UK. 

Nottingham has a large number of high-value employment opportunities across businesses such as Boots, CapitalOne, Experian, Centre Parcs and Games Workshop. 

This has created a large ‘commuter population’ that often lives in towns around Nottinghamshire and works in larger cities such as Nottingham, Derby, Leicester or even Birmingham.