Breaston and Draycott

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:31

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

48 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences24
• Other theft6
• Shoplifting5
• Anti-social behaviour3

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Long Eaton Rural · Derbyshire

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

168 reported road collisions (2025)

47 killed or seriously injured · 196 casualties · 14.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

294 food businesses within 2 miles

• 256 rated 4–5 ★ (229 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Long Eaton (2.3 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£218,506 average▲ 1.4% YoY

Across Erewash · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£834 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

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

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

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

1,510 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 (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.6 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 240 kW
• Nearest: Best Western Nottingham Derby (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,314
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,560
• Net moves−246

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 144 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,361 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

51 schools · 15,777 pupils

37 primary · 6 secondary · 8 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Erewash

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

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

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

115 applications decided

91.3% granted · 105 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Adam Thompson

Labour

Erewash

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,300 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Biomass 33% · Gas 16% · Imports 4%

101 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Derbyshire): 60.5 women · 60.5 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in DE72

• Overdale Medical Practice
• Evans Pharmacy

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Erewash:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills892 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth211 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK161 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks126 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Breaston · 0.1 km

  Breaston is a large village and civil parish in the Erewash district, in the south-east of Derbyshire and lies approximately 6.81 miles (10.96 km) east of the city of Derby and 8 miles (13 km) west of the city of Nott…

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  St Michael's Church, Breaston · 0.3 km

  St Michael's Church, Breaston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Breaston, Derbyshire.

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  Erewash (constituency) · 0.5 km

  Erewash is a constituency in Derbyshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Adam Thompson of Labour.

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  Sawley railway station · 0.9 km

  Sawley railway station was a station at Breaston in Derbyshire.

• Western Mere Secondary School · 0.9 km

  Western Mere Secondary School was a school in Breaston, Derbyshire. Established in 1957, the school was located on Gregory Avenue until it was closed in 1990 and demolished in 1992. The area is now used a grazing area…

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  Wilsthorpe, Derbyshire · 1.3 km

  Prior to 1866, Wilsthorpe was originally a hamlet and civil parish situated between the villages of Breaston 0.97 miles (1.56 km) to the west and Long Eaton 0.94 miles (1.51 km) to the east in Derbyshire and lies appr…

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