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Chesterfield

Chesterfield is a town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 88,400. It has around 2 supermarkets and 34 restaurants and cafés, 21 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Chesterfield, 1.6 km away. There were around 174 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 9 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Chesterfield is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 103,569 residents at roughly 1,568 people per km².

50/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 148th of 294 English council areas — better than 50% of them.

Low crime23
Home affordability92
Affordable rents94
Good schools83
Life expectancy2
Low deprivation27
Employment44
Low council tax73

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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 65% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · 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

36US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

178 reported · August 2026▲ 19% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences84
  • Anti-social behaviour26
  • Public order17
  • Other theft14

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Brimington · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1.Drug Dealing 2.Speeding

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

Road safety

144 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 180 casualties · 13.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 430 rated 4–5 ★ (385 top)
  • 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chesterfield (1.6 km)
  • 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chesterfield (1.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£202,519 average▲ 3% YoY

Across Chesterfield · to 2026-08

Detached£322,413
Semi-detached£194,103
Terraced£154,611
Flat£111,510

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£758 average monthly rent▲ 2.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £541
  • 2 bed £696
  • 3 bed £832

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,470 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: 154.9p · BP (9.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (9.5 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

33 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Casa Hotel (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches11
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

103,569 residents in Chesterfield · 1,568/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,954
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,060
  • Net moves+894

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 80 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,339 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 51,340)

A £1,560
B £1,820
C £2,080
D £2,339
E £2,859
F £3,379
G £3,899
H £4,679

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

Schools

52 schools · 15,624 pupils

36 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 20 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyOutstanding
  • Brookfield Community SchoolGood
  • Outwood Academy Hasland HallGood
  • Whittington Green SchoolGood
  • Netherthorpe School
  • Outwood Academy Newbold
  • Parkside Community School
  • Springwell Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chesterfield

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
  • 49 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

78 applications decided

87.2% granted · 68 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 27
  • LD 11
  • Ref 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Supermarkets7
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés41

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1,093 jobs advertised · £36,520 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician - West Midlands, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Choose when you work!, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£718 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,241 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,094 certificates

12.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 80 yrs women · 77 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chesterfield:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Tapton, Derbyshire · 0.4 km

    Tapton is a suburb of Chesterfield, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located along the Brimington Road B6543, between Chesterfield town centre, and Brimington. It became a suburb of Chesterfield in the 1920…

  • Sheepbridge and Brimington railway station · 0.7 km

    Sheepbridge and Brimington railway station was on the outskirts of the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

  • Tapton House · 0.7 km

    Tapton House, in Tapton, Derbyshire, England, was once the home of engineer George Stephenson, who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives. Tapton has been a gentleman's residence, a…

  • Chesterfield (constituency) · 0.8 km

    Chesterfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Toby Perkins of the Labour Party.

  • Tinkersick · 0.8 km

    Tinkersick or Tinker Sick is a stream east of Chesterfield, near Brimington in Derbyshire. The stream is an offshoot of the Chesterfield Canal.

  • SMH Group Stadium · 1.0 km

    SMH Group Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on the site of the former Dema Glassworks. It is the home of Chesterfield Football Club, replacing Saltergate as the c…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)