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Darfoulds

Darfoulds is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has 9 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Shireoaks, 2.6 km away. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Darfoulds area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bolsover area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 80,273 residents at roughly 501 people per km².

Council
Bolsover
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 146th of 294 English council areas — better than 50% of them.

Low crime50
Home affordability94
Affordable rents97
Good schools59
Life expectancy21
Low deprivation17
Employment60
Low council tax19

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 13° / 7° · 58% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:27

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

139 reported road collisions (2025)

39 killed or seriously injured · 193 casualties · 17.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

149 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 132 rated 4–5 ★ (128 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Whitwell (2.9 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Whitwell (2.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£183,198 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Bolsover · to 2026-08

Detached£261,339
Semi-detached£173,648
Terraced£143,803
Flat£87,199

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£706 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £497
  • 2 bed £645
  • 3 bed £747

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

Affordability

5.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,197 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 171.7p · Asda (2.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (2.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

16 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 180 kW
  • Nearest: Asda Worksop (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Population

80,273 residents in Bolsover · 501/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,573
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,781
  • Net moves+792

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

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 52 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,559 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (58% of 38,920)

A £1,706
B £1,991
C £2,275
D £2,559
E £3,128
F £3,697
G £4,266
H £5,119

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

Schools

43 schools · 10,636 pupils

33 primary · 5 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 19 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Frederick Gent SchoolGood
  • Heritage High SchoolGood
  • Shirebrook Academy
  • The Bolsover School
  • Tibshelf Community School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bolsover

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

71 applications decided

95.8% granted · 68 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Jo White

Labour

Bassetlaw

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 22
  • Con 1
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

2,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Catering Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£679 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,224 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,191 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

82% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 31% · Gas 14% · Imports 5%

107 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

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

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.0
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in S80

  • Crag'S Health Care
  • Newgate Medical Group
  • Creswell And Langwith Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bassetlaw:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Steetley Colliery · 0.4 km

    Steetley Colliery is a former colliery on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border.

  • All Saints' Church, Steetley · 1.2 km

    All Saints' Church, Steetley is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Whitwell, Derbyshire.

  • Worksop Manor · 1.5 km

    Worksop Manor is a Grade I listed country house situated in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, England, within the area of the four contiguous ducal estates historically known as the Dukeries. The present building, construct…

  • Hodthorpe · 1.9 km

    Hodthorpe is an urban village in the parish of Hodthorpe and Belph, Bolsover, Derbyshire, lying close to the Nottinghamshire border and on the edge of Sherwood Forest. The village has two principal streets, Queens Roa…

  • Rhodesia, Nottinghamshire · 2.0 km

    Rhodesia is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, just west of Worksop, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Sheffield. At the 2021 Census, the population was 1,173.

  • Shireoaks Hall · 2.4 km

    Shireoaks Hall is a Grade II* listed 17th-century country house in the hamlet of Shireoaks, 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) north-west of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Darfoulds?
Darfoulds is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the Bolsover local authority.
How deprived is Darfoulds?
The Bolsover local authority, which includes Darfoulds, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.