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Little Eaton

Little Eaton is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 2,060. It has 1 pharmacy, 7 restaurants and cafés, 13 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Duffield, 0.9 km away. There were around 22 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 Little Eaton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Amber Valley area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 126,206 residents at roughly 476 people per km².

Council
Amber Valley
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire
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 rents88
Good schools53
Life expectancy39
Low deprivation53
Employment68
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

17°CSunny

  • Today: 21° / 15° · 76% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

9 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Bicycle theft1
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Ilkeston Rural · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1 - Consumption of Alcohol in public spaces – Breach of PSPO. 2 - Youth related ASB –occurring in public spaces and the Town Centre. 3 -…

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

Road safety

168 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

131 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 108 rated 4–5 ★ (93 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Duffield (2.7 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Duffield (2.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£237,857 average 7.9% YoY

Across Amber Valley · to 2026-06

Detached£345,563
Semi-detached£224,295
Terraced£178,352
Flat£137,418

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£794 average monthly rent 3.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £580
  • 2 bed £737
  • 3 bed £908

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

56 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: 416 Duffield Road (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds3

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)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 167 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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

73 schools · 18,472 pupils

57 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

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

70inspected 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

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
  • 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

137 applications decided

97.8% granted · 134 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jonathan Davies

Labour

Mid Derbyshire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

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

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

15 jobs advertised · £16,080 avg

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Little Eaton – Flexible & Remote, Become a Spanish Tutor in Little Eaton – Flexible & Remote, Bike Delivery Rider

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£743 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% 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

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 64% · Biomass 24% · Solar 4% · Imports 4%

279 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Derbyshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Little Eaton · 0.0 km

    Little Eaton is a village and civil parish in the borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 2,430. The name originated from Anglo Saxon times and means the "little town by…

  • St Paul's Church, Little Eaton · 0.3 km

    St Paul's Church, Little Eaton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Little Eaton, Derbyshire.

  • Little Eaton railway station · 0.4 km

    Little Eaton railway station was a railway station which served the village of Little Eaton in Derbyshire, England. It was opened in 1856 by the Midland Railway on its Ripley branch from Little Eaton Junction to Ripley.

  • Burley Hill · 1.4 km

    Burley Hill is a hamlet in the Erewash district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located one mile north of Allestree. Burley Hill was the location of a pottery in the 13th and 14th centuries and some of th…

  • Delta Hotels by Marriott Breadsall Priory Country Club · 1.6 km

    Breadsall Priory is a former Augustinian priory in Derbyshire, situated around two kilometres north of Breadsall, and two kilometres east of Little Eaton. The priory was established before 1266 by a member of the Curz…

  • Duffield Bank Railway · 1.8 km

    The Duffield Bank Railway was built by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood in the grounds of his house on a hillside overlooking Duffield, Derbyshire in 1874. Although the Ordnance Survey map circa 1880 does not show the rail…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Little Eaton?
Little Eaton is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the Amber Valley local authority.
What is the population of Little Eaton?
Little Eaton has an approximate settlement population of 2,060.
How deprived is Little Eaton?
The Amber Valley local authority, which includes Little Eaton, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.