Bolsover
Bolsover is a town or village in Derbyshire, England. It has 4 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Shirebrook, 5.3 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly robbery. Covers 24 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.
On deprivation, Bolsover is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 80,273 residents at roughly 501 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 146th of 294 English council areas — better than 50% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
7°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 12° / 7° · 64% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:28
9h 19m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
23US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
1 reported · August 2026▼ 87% YoY
- Anti-social behaviour1
Neighbourhood team: Scarcliffe · Derbyshire
Local policing priorities
- 1. Nuisance motorbikes/electric bikes and scooters. 2. ASB in all areas.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
139 reported road collisions (2025)
39 killed or seriously injured · 193 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
75 food businesses within 2 miles
- 63 rated 4–5 ★ (54 top)
- 3 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Shirebrook (5.3 km)
- 4 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Shirebrook (5.4 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£183,198 average▲ 1.5% YoY
Across Bolsover · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£706 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY
- 1 bed £497
- 2 bed £645
- 3 bed £747
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
5.0× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
1,197 property sales in the last 12 months
12 months to May 2026
A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Asda (9.4 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · ESSO (11.7 km)
8 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
10 charging locations within ~8 km
- 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 100 kW
- Nearest: Middle Street Car Park, Bolsover (2.5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches2
- Playgrounds2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
80,273 residents in Bolsover · 501/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 62%
- 65+: 20%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,573
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,781
- Net moves+792
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Among the most deprived areas in England
Ranked 52 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,559 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band A (58% of 38,920)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
43 schools · 10,636 pupils
33 primary · 5 secondary · 5 other
Ofsted: 19 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)
40 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Frederick Gent SchoolGood
- Heritage High SchoolGood
- Shirebrook Academy
- The Bolsover School
- Tibshelf Community School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bolsover
Care & health services
689 CQC-registered services
- Care homes245
- GP practices111
- Dentists139
- Homecare agencies147
- Hospitals & hospices18
CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Derbyshire
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
71 applications decided
95.8% granted · 68 granted, 3 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Council control
Labour majority
- Lab 22
- Con 1
- Ref 2
- Oth 12
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- Parks & greens1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
2,545 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
15 jobs advertised · £28,933 avg
e.g. Autism Support Worker, Maintenance Operative, Warehouse Operative
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£679 median full-time weekly pay
3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£20,224 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
48% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 43,191 certificates
13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 men
72% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.4
- Feeling worthwhile7.7
- Happiness yesterday7.0
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolsover:
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills804 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases205 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK186 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND166 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
- Bolsover Tunnel · 1.5 km
Bolsover Tunnel is a disused and infilled twin-track railway tunnel between Carr Vale and Scarcliffe in Derbyshire, England.
St Leonard's Church, Scarcliffe · 1.6 kmSt Leonard's Church, Scarcliffe, is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Scarcliffe, Derbyshire.
Scarcliffe · 1.7 kmScarcliffe is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. It is sometimes called Scarcliffe with Palterton. The population of the parish at the 2001 UK Census was 5,211, increasing to 5…
Glapwell · 2.0 kmGlapwell is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England. The village is at the top of a steep hill at an elevation of 176m, on the western edge of the Southern Magnesian Limestone, overl…
Scarcliffe railway station · 2.1 kmScarcliffe railway station is a former railway station in Scarcliffe, Derbyshire, England.
Stony Houghton · 2.1 kmStony Houghton is a hamlet near Glapwell, part of the parish of Pleasley in Derbyshire, England, close to New Houghton. It is a very quiet area consisting of only a few residential properties amidst farmland and farms…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Towns in Bolsover
- Barlborough
- Bolsover
- Clowne
- Creswell
- Darfoulds
- Glapwell
- Huthwaite
- Killamarsh
- Langwith
- Mansfield
- Morton (North East Derbyshire)
- New Houghton
- Newton and Blackwell
- North Wingfield and Holmewood
- Pleasley
- Renishaw
- Scarcliffe
- Shirebrook
- Shirland and Stonebroom
- Shuttlewood
- Spinkhill
- Sutton in Ashfield
- Tibshelf
- Whitwell (Bolsover)