FOREST STREET, NG17 1DA House Prices & Local Information

NG17 1DA is an up-and-coming urban area on Forest Street, 0.5km from New Cross in Sutton in Ashfield. Administratively it sits within Leamington ward and the Ashfield constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, NG17 1DA is a neighbourhood with pockets of retirees, often in communal or managed housing. Outside of residential hours, traditional retail areas with professional services and self-employed, often in market towns and higher status areas. The 47 average age signals a mature family neighbourhood — long-term residents, good local schools, and high levels of owner-occupation. 46% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are high (158 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for NG17 1DA are sourced from Output Area E00142547 (shared with 153 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.