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Heanor

Heanor is a town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 23,122. It has around 5 restaurants and cafés, 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, 47 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Langley Mill, 1.6 km away. The average sold house price is around £286,511, and there were around 150 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 Heanor area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Amber Valley area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 126,206 residents at roughly 476 people per km².

Council
Amber Valley
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Amber Valley
Police force
Derbyshire
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 87th of 294 English council areas — better than 70% of them.

Low crime58
Home affordability75
Affordable rents87
Good schools53
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation54
Employment69
Low council tax58

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: 12° / 7° · 57% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:29

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 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

Crime

189 reported · August 2026▲ 2% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences68
  • Anti-social behaviour40
  • Public order24
  • Criminal damage & arson17

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Heanor and Loscoe · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1. Nuisance motorbikes and quad bikes around Heanor and Langley Mill 2. Counterfeit goods in Heanor 3. Anti-Social Behaviour around Langl…

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

Road safety

196 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

195 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Langley Mill (1.6 km)
  • 46 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Langley Mill (1.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£232,141 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Amber Valley · to 2026-08

Detached£335,368
Semi-detached£219,702
Terraced£174,717
Flat£135,362

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£799 average monthly rent▲ 4% YoY

  • 1 bed £584
  • 2 bed £741
  • 3 bed £914

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

Affordability

6.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.5 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,912 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (5.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5.8 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 100 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Heanor (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms5
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

126,206 residents in Amber Valley · 476/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,039
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,050
  • Net moves+1,989

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 161 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,408 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (38% of 61,280)

A £1,605
B £1,873
C £2,140
D £2,408
E £2,943
F £3,478
G £4,013
H £4,815

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

Schools

72 schools · 18,391 pupils

56 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 25 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Heanor Gate Spencer AcademyOutstanding
  • David Nieper AcademyGood
  • Swanwick Hall SchoolGood
  • The Ecclesbourne SchoolGood
  • The Ripley AcademyGood
  • Aldercar High School
  • Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
  • John Flamsteed Community School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Amber Valley

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
  • 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

144 applications decided

98.6% granted · 142 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Linsey Farnsworth

Labour

Amber Valley

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 19
  • Con 7
  • LD 1
  • Grn 5
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens12
  • Restaurants & cafés35

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,290 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

71 jobs advertised · £33,213 avg

e.g. Generator Workshop Engineer, Service Coordinator - Eastwood (Nottingham), Procurement Officer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£743 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,016 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 60,703 certificates

11.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 25% · Biomass 21% · Solar 6%

200 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in DE75

  • Park Surgery
  • Kelvingrove Medical Centre
  • Royal Primary Care Brooklyn

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Amber Valley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Heanor Urban District · 0.0 km

    Heanor was an urban district in Derbyshire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.

  • Heanor Town Hall · 0.0 km

    Heanor Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Street, Heanor, Derbyshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Heanor and Loscoe Town Council, is a grade II listed building.

  • Heanor · 0.0 km

    Heanor (/ˈhiːnə/) is a town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It lies 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Derby and forms, with the adjacent village of Loscoe, the civil parish and town council-administer…

  • Heanor Town F.C. · 0.3 km

    Heanor Town Football Club is a football club based in Heanor, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division North and play at the Town Ground.

  • Town Ground (Heanor) · 0.3 km

    The Town Ground is a cricket and football ground in the town of Heanor, Derbyshire, England. For cricket, the ground is the home of Heanor Town CC, and has also been used by Derbyshire CCC since the 1970s, mostly for…

  • Heanor and Loscoe · 0.4 km

    Heanor and Loscoe is a civil parish within the Amber Valley district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Mainly built up with rural fringes, its population was 17,337 during the 2021 census, a small increa…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Heanor?
Heanor is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the Amber Valley local authority.
What is the population of Heanor?
Heanor has an approximate settlement population of 23,122.
How deprived is Heanor?
The Amber Valley local authority, which includes Heanor, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.