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Heath

Heath is a town or village in Derbyshire, England. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 20 bus stops, and the nearest railway station at Chesterfield, 7.5 km away. In June 2026, there were around 16 recorded street crimes, 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 Heath area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North East Derbyshire area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 101,999 residents at roughly 370 people per km².

Council
North East Derbyshire
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Bolsover
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 expectancy33
Low deprivation53
Employment82
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

8°CCloudy

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 65% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:28

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

19 reported · August 2026▼ 41% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences9
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Drugs3
  • Public order2

3 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Holmewood, Grassmoor, Calow and Arkwright · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1. Speeding traffic/hazardous driving 2. ASB - locations include: Holmewood behind the library, Holmewood Masefield Park. Holmewood Worki…

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

Road safety

158 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

38 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 32 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chesterfield (7.2 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chesterfield (7.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£253,012 average▲ 5.3% YoY

Across North East Derbyshire · to 2026-08

Detached£343,161
Semi-detached£229,718
Terraced£181,900
Flat£125,327

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£791 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £569
  • 2 bed £723
  • 3 bed £878

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

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

Property sales

1,368 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: 157.9p · Esso (9.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.5 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 120 kW
  • Nearest: Middle Street Car Park, Bolsover (4.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds1

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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,852
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,194
  • Net moves+1,658

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 158 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

49 inspected 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

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

  • In a conservation area (Heath Village)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

119 applications decided

87.4% granted · 104 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Natalie Fleet

Labour

Bolsover

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,875 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £28,000 avg

e.g. Work from Home (Researcher), Internet Crowd Worker, Work from Home Independent Contractor

Source: Adzuna

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Biomass 30% · Wind 24% · Nuclear 5%

182 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

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

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in S44

  • North Derbyshire Bowel Cancer Screening Centre
  • Welbeck Road Health Centre
  • Castle Street Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolsover:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Heath, Derbyshire · 0.2 km

    Heath is a village in the North East Derbyshire district of the English county of Derbyshire. The civil parish is called Heath and Holmewood. The population of this parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,953.

  • Heath railway station · 1.5 km

    Heath railway station was a railway station in the village of Holmewood, Derbyshire. The station name of Heath was named after the neighbouring village of Heath although the station was in Holmewood instead.

  • Sutton Scarsdale · 1.5 km

    Sutton Scarsdale is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is in the North East Derbyshire district. It is very close to the M1 motorway. It is in the civil parish of Sutton cum Duckmanton.

  • Doe Lea · 1.6 km

    Doe Lea is a small, linear village in the English county of Derbyshire. It is in the Bolsover district of the county and falls in the Ault Hucknall civil parish. The village runs along the old A617 road. A newer dual…

  • Sutton Scarsdale Hall · 1.8 km

    Sutton Scarsdale Hall is a Grade I listed Georgian ruined stately home in Sutton Scarsdale, just outside Chesterfield, Derbyshire.

  • Stainsby, Derbyshire · 1.8 km

    Stainsby is a small village in Derbyshire, England. It is near Chesterfield and Bolsover, and the villages of Heath and Doe Lea. The village population is included in the civil parish of Ault Hucknall. The M1 motorway…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Heath?
Heath is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the North East Derbyshire local authority.
How deprived is Heath?
The North East Derbyshire local authority, which includes Heath, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.