NG1 postcode area guide — Nottingham
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the NG1 postcode district in Nottingham — every official dataset on one page.
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Where is NG1?
Broadband & internet speeds in NG1
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
75.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
62%
Gigabit-capable
59.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the NG1 postcode district (Nottingham) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 534 postcodes Ofcom measures in NG1, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 75.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 59.5%.
Around 0.1% of premises in NG1 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in NG1
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| NG1 1AA | 0% | 0% |
| NG1 1AJ | 100% | 0% |
| NG1 1AN | 100% | 100% |
| NG1 1AP | 100% | 100% |
| NG1 1AQ | 100% | 100% |
| NG1 1AR | 100% | 100% |
| NG1 1AS | 100% | 100% |
| NG1 1AT | 100% | 100% |
| NG1 1AW | 100% | 100% |
| NG1 1AY | 97.2% | 97.2% |
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Mobile signal around Nottingham
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Nottingham district (146,573 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.8%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
99.8%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.8%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in NG1
Police recorded 1,560 incidents within about a mile of the centre of NG1 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 514 | 32.9% |
| Shoplifting | 192 | 12.3% |
| Public order | 131 | 8.4% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 125 | 8.0% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 120 | 7.7% |
| Other theft | 114 | 7.3% |
| Vehicle crime | 80 | 5.1% |
| Drugs | 76 | 4.9% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in NG1
Based on 127 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in NG1 is £165,000, essentially flat on the previous year (£165,000).
Semi-detached
£225,000
3 sales
Terraced
£195,000
13 sales
Flat / maisonette
£147,500
80 sales
Latest recorded sales in NG1
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2026 | £86,000 | Flat | North Sherwood Street | NG1 4EW |
| 15 May 2026 | £270,000 | Flat | Upper College Street | NG1 5AP |
| 1 May 2026 | £204,000 | Flat | Hanley Street | NG1 5GD |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £202,500 | Flat | Clarendon Street | NG1 5HR |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £1,050,000 | Other | Canal Street | NG1 7EH |
| 22 Apr 2026 | £190,000 | Terraced | Mansfield Road | NG1 3FT |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £144,000 | Flat | Broadway | NG1 1PR |
| 1 Apr 2026 | £1,210,090 | Other | Fletcher Gate | NG1 2FZ |
| 31 Mar 2026 | £1,075,000 | Other | Carlton Street | NG1 1NN |
| 31 Mar 2026 | £2,850,000 | Other | Carrington Street | NG1 7FE |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Who lives here? Nottingham demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Nottingham district (323,630 residents, 124,743 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18.3% |
| 15–29 | 37.2% |
| 30–44 | 17.7% |
| 45–64 | 15.1% |
| 65+ | 11.7% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 45.1% |
| Private rented | 28.9% |
| Social rented | 7.2% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around NG1
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham Girls' High School GDST | Not applicable | 3–19 | 625 | NG1 4JB |
| Sutherland House School | Not applicable | 3–19 | 82 | NG1 1DA |
| St Joseph's School | Not applicable | 1–11 | 67 | NG1 5AW |
| Stone Soup Academy | Not applicable | 11–19 | 10 | NG1 1HN |
| Nottingham College | 16 plus | 16–99 | — | NG1 1NG |
| The Nottingham Trent University | Not applicable | — | — | NG1 4BU |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in NG1
677 rated food businesses operate in NG1. 560 hold the top rating of 5, 26 are rated 4, and 4 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 1415 Street Kitchen, 200 Degrees Coffee, 200 Degrees Coffee, 200 Degrees Coffee, 24 Express.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in NG1
From a sample of 183 Energy Performance Certificates across 7 NG1 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 80% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
3%
Band C
77%
Band D
14%
Band E
6%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Nottingham
Landlines around NG1 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.