Amber Valley

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 15° · 73% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

50 reported · July 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences23
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Other theft5

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Belper Town · Derbyshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

168 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

189 food businesses within 2 miles

• 160 rated 4–5 ★ (131 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Belper (2.0 km)
• 63 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£237,857 average▲ 7.9% YoY

Across Amber Valley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£794 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £580
• 2 bed £737
• 3 bed £908

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

6.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.5 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Coppice Car Park (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds19

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

126,206 residents in Amber Valley · 476/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 167 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,408 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (38% of 61,280)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

73 schools · 18,472 pupils

57 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 25 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Amber Valley

695 CQC-registered services

• Care homes245
• GP practices111
• Dentists139
• Homecare agencies152
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Derbyshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

137 applications decided

97.8% granted · 134 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jonathan Davies

Labour

Mid Derbyshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 19
• Con 7
• LD 1
• Grn 5
• Ref 3
• Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£743 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,016 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 60,703 certificates

11.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Biomass 31% · Gas 16% · Imports 4%

101 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in DE56

• Whitemoor Medical Centre
• Appletree Medical Practice
• Riversdale Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Derbyshire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills2,548 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office338 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s304 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership301 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership251 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Belper School · 0.4 km

  Belper School and Sixth Form Centre is a foundation secondary school located in the north-east of Belper, Derbyshire, England. In October 2019, Ofsted reported that its overall effectiveness is 'Needs Improvement'.

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  Belper Urban District · 1.4 km

  Belper was an urban district in Derbyshire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.

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  Belper · 1.4 km

  Belper is a town and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England, located about 7 miles (11 km) north of Derby on the River Derwent. Along with Belper, the parish includes the village of Milford a…

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  Morley Park · 1.6 km

  Morley Park is an area within Heage, in the parish of Ripley in the English county of Derbyshire, north of Derby. It is about five miles north of the village of Morley itself.

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  St Peter's Church, Belper · 1.8 km

  St Peter's Church, Belper is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Belper, Derbyshire.

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  Street Lane · 1.8 km

  Street Lane is a village in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)