Mapperley
Neighbourhood · 16,411 residents
48Fair
Fair · better than 1 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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Summary · written from the figures on this page
Mapperley's streets are dense terraces and semis packed tightly together, the kind of streetscape where cars line both sides and gardens are modest — this is a settled, built-up suburb rather than anywhere with room to breathe. The population density here runs well above both the regional and national average, and at a median age of 40.8 you're looking at a place of established households rather than a young renters' scene or a retirement pocket.
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Is Mapperley a good place to live?
Mapperley scores 48/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
No topic reaches "very good" (70+); its best is affordability (67).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Mapperley in East Midlands, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Mapperley
Mapperley's streets are dense terraces and semis packed tightly together, the kind of streetscape where cars line both sides and gardens are modest — this is a settled, built-up suburb rather than anywhere with room to breathe. The population density here runs well above both the regional and national average, and at a median age of 40.8 you're looking at a place of established households rather than a young renters' scene or a retirement pocket.
Housing is the clearest story. Terraces dominate the sales here, most of it freehold, and with a median house price around £191,000 against Nottingham's £200,000 you're buying slightly cheaper than the city itself and well under the regional median of £235,000 — a semi in Mapperley runs about £241,000 against a regional £226,000-plus norm elsewhere, so it isn't cut-price, just accessible. The five-year direction on prices is improving, even if any single year's movement looks modest. Schools are the softer spot in the picture: the area averages out around "requires improvement" territory, and The Wells Academy's progress8 score of -0.95 is a genuine outlier against an otherwise reasonable suburb — worth a visit if schooling matters to you, rather than something to wave through on reputation. Two primaries, Walter Halls and Haydn, serve the younger end without an Ofsted rating attached in this data.
Green space is tight — four plots covering under three hectares total — so this isn't a suburb built around big parks; day-to-day life leans on the 38 transport stops threading through it rather than long walks. That transport grade sits at B+, comfortably better than the schools or health picture, so getting around is easier than settling in for the long term might feel on paper. Crime is the other number worth sitting with honestly: violence and sexual offences make up a third of incidents, and the overall rate runs roughly double Nottingham's own — though the safety trend is marked improving, which matters more than any single year's count. Health provision comes in at a middling C+, consistent with a suburb that's functional rather than exceptional across the board.