Borrowash

16°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 16° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

54 reported · July 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences32
• Public order6
• Drugs4
• Other theft4

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Borrowash and Ockbrook · Derbyshire

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

419 reported road collisions (2024)

108 killed or seriously injured · 518 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

178 food businesses within 2 miles

• 144 rated 4–5 ★ (127 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Spondon (1.9 km)
• 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£857 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £606
• 2 bed £775
• 3 bed £933

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

5.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.3 times median annual pay (5.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.2 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

73 charging locations within ~8 km

• 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Blue Jay (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches17
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

261,364 residents in Derby · 3,350/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 16%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 90 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,306 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (51% of 114,880)

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

117 schools · 47,251 pupils

74 primary · 15 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 44 of 51 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

106inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Derby

298 CQC-registered services

• Care homes74
• GP practices33
• Dentists53
• Homecare agencies122
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Derby

• Not in the Green Belt
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

196 applications decided

89.8% granted · 176 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jonathan Davies

Labour

Mid Derbyshire

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 24
• Con 14
• LD 3
• Ref 6
• Oth 4

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,270 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £17,590 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver / Moped, Bike Delivery Rider, Online Italian Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£734 median full-time weekly pay

5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,635 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 129,205 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

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

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 77.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.4 women · 57.7 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Derbyshire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills2,548 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office338 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s304 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership301 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership251 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  St Stephen's Church, Borrowash · 0.2 km

  St Stephen's Church, Borrowash is a parish church in the Church of England in Borrowash, Derbyshire.

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  Borrowash Methodist Church · 0.3 km

  Borrowash Methodist Church is in Borrowash. Derbyshire, England.

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  Borrowash railway station · 0.3 km

  Borrowash railway station was a station at Borrowash in Derbyshire.

• Borrowash Hydro · 0.4 km

  Borrowash Hydro is a hydro-electric power plant built on the River Derwent in Borrowash, Derbyshire.

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  Borrowash Victoria A.F.C. · 0.5 km

  Borrowash Victoria Association Football Club is a football club based in Spondon, Derby, England. They are currently members of the Central Midlands Alliance Premier Division South and play at the Asterdale Bowl. The…

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  Borrowash · 0.5 km

  Borrowash is a village in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, situated immediately east of the Derby city boundary. The appropriate civil parish is called Ockbrook and Borrowash.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)