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Eckington (North East Derbyshire)

Eckington (North East Derbyshire) is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 2,800. It has around 5 restaurants and cafés, 16 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Roundhouse Halt, 3.5 km away. There were around 49 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Eckington (North East Derbyshire) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North East Derbyshire area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 101,999 residents at roughly 370 people per km².

Council
North East Derbyshire
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
North East Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 116th of 294 English council areas — better than 61% of them.

Low crime83
Home affordability69
Affordable rents85
Good schools3
Life expectancy37
Low deprivation56
Employment78
Low council tax41

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

15°CSunny

  • Today: 22° / 14° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:26

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

Crime

62 reported · July 2026 9% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences28
  • Anti-social behaviour10
  • Public order9
  • Criminal damage & arson6

Local policing priorities

  • 1. Drug use around Birkhill Estate Eckington 2. Acquisitive crime- Burglaries –Ridgeway Moor, Main Road & High lane, Ridgeway. 3. ASB – r…

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

Road safety

157 reported road collisions (2024)

59 killed or seriously injured · 221 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

121 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 100 rated 4–5 ★ (89 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Roundhouse Halt (3.5 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Dronfield (6.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£250,387 average 10.6% YoY

Across North East Derbyshire · to 2026-06

Detached£341,724
Semi-detached£226,715
Terraced£178,769
Flat£122,710

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£787 average monthly rent 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £566
  • 2 bed £718
  • 3 bed £873

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

Affordability

7.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.0 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (7.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (4.4 km)

29 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

39 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Mosborough Hall Hotel (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

101,999 residents in North East Derbyshire · 370/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 177 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,467 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 49,100)

A £1,644
B £1,918
C £2,193
D £2,467
E £3,015
F £3,563
G £4,111
H £4,933

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

Schools

51 schools · 12,891 pupils

46 primary · 3 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 15 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (71%)

49inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Dronfield Henry Fanshawe SchoolGood
  • Tupton Hall SchoolGood
  • Eckington SchoolInadequate

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North East Derbyshire

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

131 applications decided

90.1% granted · 118 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Louise Sandher-Jones

Labour

North East Derbyshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 26
  • Con 14
  • Grn 1
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£741 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,905 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,377 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

75% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 27% · Gas 18% · Imports 7%

127 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Derbyshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Eckington School · 0.4 km

    Eckington School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Eckington, Derbyshire in England, next to the B6056 road. It has around 1,250 pupils. The school is an academy, and is part of the Chorus…

  • Eckington, Derbyshire · 0.6 km

    Eckington is a town and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England. It is 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Chesterfield and 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Sheffield, on the border with South Yorkshire. It lies on the B6…

  • Marsh Lane, Derbyshire · 1.3 km

    Marsh Lane village is located in the civil parish of Eckington in North-East Derbyshire, England. It is 6 miles north east of Chesterfield. In 2011 the village had a population of 895.

  • The Moss · 1.4 km

    The Moss is a brook in North East Derbyshire, England.

  • St John the Evangelist Church, Ridgeway · 1.5 km

    St John the Evangelist Church is a grade II listed Church of England church situated at Ridgeway, within the parish of Eckington, Derbyshire, England.

  • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Eckington · 1.5 km

    St Peter and St Paul's Church, Eckington is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Eckington, Derbyshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Eckington (North East Derbyshire)?
Eckington (North East Derbyshire) is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the North East Derbyshire local authority.
How deprived is Eckington (North East Derbyshire)?
The North East Derbyshire local authority, which includes Eckington (North East Derbyshire), is around the average in England on the IoD2019.