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Belper

Belper is a town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 23,417. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 42 restaurants and cafés, along with 67 bus stops and Belper railway station 0.9 km away. The average sold house price is around £322,758, and there were around 78 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Belper area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Amber Valley area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 126,206 residents at roughly 476 people per km².

Council
Amber Valley
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 87th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime58
Home affordability75
Affordable rents88
Good schools53
Life expectancy39
Low deprivation53
Employment68
Low council tax58

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

16°CLight rain

  • Today: 21° / 15° · 76% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

94 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences41
  • Anti-social behaviour20
  • Criminal damage & arson10
  • Shoplifting7

3 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Belper Town · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1. Anti-Social Behaviour on Parks Estate, Belper 2. Nuisance vehicles at Alport Heights 3. Speeding vehicles on Kilburn Road, Kilburn

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

177 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 151 rated 4–5 ★ (124 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Belper (0.1 km)
  • 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Belper (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£237,857 average 7.9% YoY

Across Amber Valley · to 2026-06

Detached£345,563
Semi-detached£224,295
Terraced£178,352
Flat£137,418

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (8.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (11.2 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

14 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Coppice Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches26
  • Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

126,206 residents in Amber Valley · 476/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,408 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,605
B £1,873
C £2,140
D £2,408
E £2,943
F £3,478
G £4,013
H £4,815

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Heanor Gate Spencer AcademyOutstanding
  • David Nieper AcademyGood
  • Swanwick Hall SchoolGood
  • The Ecclesbourne SchoolGood
  • The Ripley AcademyGood
  • Aldercar High School
  • Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
  • John Flamsteed Community School

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

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

  • In a conservation area (Belper and Milford)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 174 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

137 applications decided

97.8% granted · 134 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jonathan Davies

Labour

Mid Derbyshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens13
  • Restaurants & cafés48

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

200 jobs advertised · £30,096 avg

e.g. Apprentice Retail Sales Assistant, Class 1 Driver, TTMBC Traffic Management Operative

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

72% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 48% · Gas 26% · Wind 23% · Imports 2%

159 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in DE56

  • Whitemoor Medical Centre
  • Appletree Medical Practice
  • Riversdale 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

  • Forest of East Derbyshire · 0.1 km

    The Forest of East Derbyshire was, in the Middle Ages, an area of wooded heath between the rivers Derwent and the Erewash in Derbyshire.

  • Belper railway station · 0.2 km

    Belper railway station serves the town of Belper in Derbyshire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line from London St Pancras to Leeds via Derby, approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Derby.

  • St Peter's Church, Belper · 0.3 km

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

  • Belper Congregational Church · 0.3 km

    Belper Congregational Church is a Grade-II listed former congregational chapel located on Green Lane in Belper, Derbyshire.

  • Belper Baptist Church · 0.4 km

    Belper Baptist Church is a Baptist Chapel on Bridge Street in Belper, Derbyshire, England.

  • Christ Church, Belper · 0.6 km

    Christ Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Belper, Derbyshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Belper?
Belper is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the Amber Valley local authority.
What is the population of Belper?
Belper has an approximate settlement population of 23,417.
How deprived is Belper?
The Amber Valley local authority, which includes Belper, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.