Chesterfield

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 5° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:26

9h 15m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

254 reported · August 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences120
• Anti-social behaviour32
• Shoplifting22
• Public order20

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Brimington · Derbyshire

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

144 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 180 casualties · 13.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 435 rated 4–5 ★ (387 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Chesterfield (1.3 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£202,519 average▲ 3% YoY

Across Chesterfield · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£758 average monthly rent▲ 2.7% YoY

• 1 bed £541
• 2 bed £696
• 3 bed £832

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,470 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: 154.9p · BP (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (9.5 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Casa Hotel (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

103,569 residents in Chesterfield · 1,568/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,954
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,060
• Net moves+894

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 80 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,339 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 51,340)

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

52 schools · 15,624 pupils

36 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 20 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chesterfield

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
• 73 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

78 applications decided

87.2% granted · 68 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Toby Perkins

Labour

Chesterfield

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 27
• LD 11
• Ref 2

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés60

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,220 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1,093 jobs advertised · £36,520 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician - West Midlands, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Choose when you work!, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£718 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,241 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,094 certificates

12.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Biomass 32% · Gas 20% · Imports 4%

115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 80 yrs women · 77 yrs men

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

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

3 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in S41

• Newbold Surgery
• Whittington Moor Surgery
• St Mary'S Gate

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chesterfield:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills498 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND175 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth164 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation144 local signatures · 23,659 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases136 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Tapton, Derbyshire · 0.4 km

  Tapton is a suburb of Chesterfield, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located along the Brimington Road B6543, between Chesterfield town centre, and Brimington. It became a suburb of Chesterfield in the 1920…

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  Tapton House · 0.6 km

  Tapton House, in Tapton, Derbyshire, England, was once the home of engineer George Stephenson, who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives. Tapton has been a gentleman's residence, a…

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  Christ Church, Chesterfield · 0.7 km

  Christ Church, Chesterfield is a parish church in the Church of England in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

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  SMH Group Stadium · 0.7 km

  SMH Group Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Whittington Moor, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on the site of the former Dema Glassworks. It is the home of Chesterfield Football Club, replacing Saltergate as the c…

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  Sheepbridge and Brimington railway station · 0.9 km

  Sheepbridge and Brimington railway station was on the outskirts of the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

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  Chesterfield (constituency) · 1.1 km

  Chesterfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Toby Perkins of the Labour Party.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)