Breaston and Draycott

16°CLight rain shower

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:27

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Leicester University, United Kingdom

60 reported · July 2026▲ 88% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences29
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Public order6
• Shoplifting5

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Long Eaton Rural · Derbyshire

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

146 reported road collisions (2024)

35 killed or seriously injured · 197 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

295 food businesses within 2 miles

• 252 rated 4–5 ★ (223 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

£217,901 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Erewash · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£834 average monthly rent▲ 2.1% YoY

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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.6 km)

27 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 168 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

50 schools · 15,777 pupils

37 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Erewash

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

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

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

76 applications decided

92.1% granted · 70 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

4,330 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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 · 78.8 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Erewash:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills885 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership410 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office394 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test263 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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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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