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Erewash

Erewash is a town or village in Derbyshire, England. It has 1 restaurant and café, and the nearest railway station is Ilkeston, 5.5 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. Covers 11 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Erewash is around the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 112,906 residents at roughly 1,030 people per km².

48/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 160th of 294 English council areas — better than 46% of them.

Low crime40
Home affordability82
Affordable rents78
Good schools19
Life expectancy28
Low deprivation53
Employment48
Low council tax69

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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 17° / 11° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:37

13h 10m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

146 reported road collisions (2024)

35 killed or seriously injured · 197 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

65 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 59 rated 4–5 ★ (55 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ilkeston (5.5 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ilkeston (5.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£217,901 average 2.4% YoY

Across Erewash · to 2026-06

Detached£320,517
Semi-detached£214,177
Terraced£167,256
Flat£102,851

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£834 average monthly rent 2.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £601
  • 2 bed £789
  • 3 bed £949

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

Affordability

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (3.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.7 km)

33 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

46 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 240 kW
  • Nearest: Stanton Bonna Concrete LTD (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

112,906 residents in Erewash · 1,030/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 168 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,361 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 53,160)

A £1,574
B £1,836
C £2,098
D £2,361
E £2,885
F £3,410
G £3,934
H £4,721

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

Schools

50 schools · 15,777 pupils

37 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 16 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Friesland SchoolGood
  • Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise AcademyGood
  • The Long Eaton SchoolRequires improvement
  • Kirk Hallam Community Academy
  • Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy
  • Wilsthorpe School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Erewash

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

76 applications decided

92.1% granted · 70 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jonathan Davies

Labour

Mid Derbyshire

Recent votes:

  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 25
  • Con 16
  • LD 1
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£724 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,222 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,112 certificates

11.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

59% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Wind 25% · Biomass 19% · Solar 15%

173 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Health services

9 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in DE7

  • Arthur Medical Centre
  • Old Station Surgery
  • South Street Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Derbyshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • West Bridgford Methodist Church · 1.0 km

    West Bridgford Methodist Church, formerly Musters Road Methodist Church, is in West Bridgford. Nottingham. It is a Grade II listed building. It is part of the Nottingham South circuit of the Methodist Church of Great…

  • Dale Abbey (ruin) · 1.1 km

    Dale Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Stanley Park, was a religious house, close to Ilkeston in Derbyshire. Its ruins are located at the village of Dale Abbey, which is named after it. Its foundation legend portrays…

  • Dale Abbey · 1.3 km

    Dale Abbey is a village and civil parish in the borough of Erewash in Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England, 6 miles north east of Derby. The population of the civil parish on the 2011 census was 1,351. Formerly…

  • Hopwell Hall · 1.8 km

    Hopwell Hall country house near Ockbrook, Derbyshire, was built in 1720. It was owned by five generations of the Pares family from 1786 to 1921. The hall was demolished after a fire in 1957.

  • Stanton-by-Dale Cricket Club · 1.8 km

    Stanton-by-Dale Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club based in Stanton-by-Dale, Derbyshire, England and the club has a history dating back to the mid 19th century.

  • St Michael and All Angels' Church, Stanton-by-Dale · 1.9 km

    St Michael and All Angels' Church, Stanton-by-Dale is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Stanton by Dale, Derbyshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)