DN22
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Retford, in Bassetlaw.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DN22 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in DN22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DN22 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DN22 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DN22 at a rate of 82.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 116.1 per 1,000 people across the DN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 339 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DN22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,285), other crime (609) and anti-social behaviour (418).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DN22 was 75.5 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in DN22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DN22 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DN22
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassetlaw 002B | 1,824 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 48.3% |
| Bassetlaw 002E | 2,385 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 34.4% |
| Bassetlaw 003B | 2,404 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 6.9% |
| Bassetlaw 003C | 2,898 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 62.1% |
| Bassetlaw 005A | 1,918 | 105.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| Bassetlaw 005B | 1,480 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.2% |
| Bassetlaw 005C | 1,601 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Bassetlaw 005D | 1,353 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.4% |
| Bassetlaw 008A | 1,333 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| Bassetlaw 008B | 1,317 | 43.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| Bassetlaw 008C | 1,620 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.6% |
| Bassetlaw 008D | 1,558 | 234.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.0% |
| Bassetlaw 008E | 1,329 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.8% |
| Bassetlaw 008F | 1,662 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Bassetlaw 010A | 2,479 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Bassetlaw 010B | 1,378 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Bassetlaw 010C | 1,417 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Bassetlaw 010D | 1,781 | 212.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.5% |
| Bassetlaw 010E | 1,739 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.7% |
| Bassetlaw 014F | 1,994 | 99.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 25.0% |
| Bassetlaw 015A | 1,280 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 31.2% |
| Bassetlaw 015C | 2,295 | 131.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 16.7% |
| Bassetlaw 015F | 1,266 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 73.1% |
MPs for DN22
- Jo WhiteLabourMP for Bassetlaw71% of DN22’s postcodes
- Robert JenrickReform UKMP for Newark29% of DN22’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DN225
Postcode sectors in DN228
Council1
Towns in DN221
Postcode districts next to DN224
Nearest rail stations2
More in the DN postcode area2
DN22 in brief
DN22 is a postcode district covering Retford, in Bassetlaw.
About 39,129 people lived in DN22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £217,250 in 2025 across 606 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DN22 was £217,250 in 2025.
DN22 had 37,578 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in DN22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DN22, 74.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.