High Peak
High Peak is a town or village in Derbyshire, England. It has the nearest railway station at Chinley, 2.3 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 21 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.
On deprivation, High Peak is around the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 90,933 residents at roughly 169 people per km².
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 40th of 294 English council areas — better than 86% 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
8°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 9° / 6° · 25% rain
- Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:28
9h 14m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Salford Eccles, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
Road safety
143 reported road collisions (2025)
50 killed or seriously injured · 186 casualties · 15.7 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
43 food businesses within 2 miles
- 41 rated 4–5 ★ (37 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Chinley (2.3 km)
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Chinley (2.2 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£265,635 average▲ 6.4% YoY
Across High Peak · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£937 average monthly rent▲ 7.3% YoY
- 1 bed £625
- 2 bed £811
- 3 bed £991
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
7.9× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
1,307 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: 157.9p · Esso (7.4 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (7.4 km)
4 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
5 charging locations within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: Cracken' View Studio, The Old Hall Inn (2.5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
90,933 residents in High Peak · 169/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 22%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,394
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,237
- Net moves+157
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 167 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,385 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (30% of 43,880)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
57 schools · 10,747 pupils
43 primary · 7 secondary · 7 other
Ofsted: 22 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)
54 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Glossopdale School and Sixth FormGood
- Hope Valley CollegeGood
- St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
- Buxton Community School
- Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
- New Mills School
- St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · High Peak
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
- 16 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 25
- Con 9
- LD 1
- Grn 2
- Ref 1
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,425 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
90 jobs advertised · £33,820 avg
e.g. Part Time School Transport Driver, Trainee Driving Instructor - New Mills, Derbyshire, England, Activities Coordinator
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£738 median full-time weekly pay
2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£25,328 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
41% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 40,311 certificates
12.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 men
56% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.9
- Feeling worthwhile8.3
- Happiness yesterday7.6
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in High Peak:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks419 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills419 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Ban on sale of disposable BBQs328 local signatures · 22,327 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND200 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth192 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
South Head (Peak District) · 0.9 kmSouth Head is a gritstone hill between the villages of Hayfield and Chinley in the Derbyshire Peak District. The summit is 494 metres (1,621 ft) above sea level. It lies at the south of the head of the River Sett.
Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside · 1.2 kmChinley, Buxworth and Brownside is a civil parish within the High Peak district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Partially rural with several villages contained within, its population was 2,794 resident…
Mount Famine · 1.2 kmMount Famine is a gritstone hill between the villages of Hayfield and Chinley in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. The summit is 473 metres (1,552 ft) above sea level. The hill's name originates from the period o…
New Smithy · 1.3 kmNew Smithy is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside, Derbyshire, England, near the village of Chinley. It sits on the A624 trunk road from Glossop to Chapel-en-le-Frith featuring a TOTSO wher…
- Wash, Derbyshire · 1.6 km
Wash, or The Wash, is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. The hamlet falls within the civil parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith. It is about 1.2 km north of Chapel-en-le-Frith and within the boundaries of the Peak District Nati…
Chapel Milton Viaduct · 1.8 kmChapel Milton Viaduct is a Grade II listed bifurcated railway viaduct on the Great Rocks Line at its junction with the Hope Valley Line, straddling the Black Brook valley in Chapel Milton, Derbyshire, England. The fir…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)