Borrowash

6°CClear

• Today: 12° / 6° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:33

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

51 reported · August 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences26
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Public order6

Neighbourhood team: Borrowash and Ockbrook · Derbyshire

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

484 reported road collisions (2025)

114 killed or seriously injured · 593 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

171 food businesses within 2 miles

• 137 rated 4–5 ★ (119 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

£860 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £608
• 2 bed £778
• 3 bed £937

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

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

2,910 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

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

17 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK14,555
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK17,256
• Net moves−2,701

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 79 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Derby

295 CQC-registered services

• Care homes73
• GP practices33
• Dentists53
• Homecare agencies119
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 87% 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)

248 applications decided

85.5% granted · 212 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

9,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

10 jobs advertised · £25,060 avg

e.g. Bike Delivery Rider, Delivery Rider / Bike, Delivery Driver / Moped

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

62% low-carbon electricity

Wind 38% · Gas 36% · Biomass 22% · Imports 2%

168 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in DE72

• Overdale Medical Practice
• Evans Pharmacy

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Derbyshire:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills2,551 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks254 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND219 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth164 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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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)