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Netherseal

Netherseal is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 694. It has ten bus stops and is near Waterside Station, 3.5 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Netherseal area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Derbyshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 107,205 residents at roughly 317 people per km².

Council
South Derbyshire
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
66/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 36th of 294 English council areas — better than 88% of them.

Low crime78
Home affordability75
Affordable rents87
Good schools22
Life expectancy58
Low deprivation71
Employment82
Low council tax73

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

6°CCloudy

  • Today: 12° / 5° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:34

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

36US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Coventry Allesley, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

3 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other theft1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Linton, Overseal and Lullington · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1) Tackling Anti social behaviour on Dracan estate. 2) Speeding 3) Serious acquisitive crime 4) Encouraging and educating on crime preven…

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

Road safety

150 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 14 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

26 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 23 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Waterside Station (3.5 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Polesworth (10.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£259,537 average▲ 2% YoY

Across South Derbyshire · to 2026-08

Detached£361,957
Semi-detached£238,890
Terraced£192,536
Flat£139,348

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£882 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £611
  • 2 bed £801
  • 3 bed £1,006

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 (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,785 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: 140.9p · AppleGreen (11 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · AppleGreen (11 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Forest Holidays-Moira Support Centre (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches11
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

107,205 residents in South Derbyshire · 317/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,789
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,610
  • Net moves+2,179

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 210 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,340 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (23% of 51,050)

A £1,560
B £1,820
C £2,080
D £2,340
E £2,860
F £3,379
G £3,899
H £4,679

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

Schools

58 schools · 14,656 pupils

42 primary · 4 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 22 of 27 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • John Port Spencer AcademyGood
  • The Pingle AcademyGood
  • Granville Academy
  • Mercia Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South 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

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

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

Planning decisions

154 applications decided

91.6% granted · 141 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Samantha Niblett

Labour

South Derbyshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 21
  • Con 11
  • LD 2
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised · £36,676 avg

e.g. Support Worker, Team Leader, Registered Nurse

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£828 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,055 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,469 certificates

10% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Wind 34% · Biomass 22% · Imports 2%

183 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 81 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in DE12

  • Measham Medical Unit

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Derbyshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Netherseal · 0.0 km

    Netherseal is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire, situated in the South Derbyshire district. Together with neighbouring Lullington it is the southernmost village in the county. The populati…

  • St Peter's Church, Netherseal · 0.3 km

    St Peter's Church, Netherseal is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Netherseal, Derbyshire.

  • Acresford · 1.1 km

    Acresford is a hamlet in North West Leicestershire, it shares civil parish authorities with Donisthorpe and Oakthorpe and forms part of the border with South Derbyshire. Located in the settlement is an abandoned quarry.

  • River Mease SSSI · 1.6 km

    River Mease SSSI is a 23.0 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is a stretch of the River Mease and its tributary Gilwiskaw Brook, running between Alrewas in Staffordshire and Packington in Leic…

  • Chilcote · 1.6 km

    Chilcote is a village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. Until 1897 it was in Derbyshire. The parish had a population of 108 according to the 2001 census, including…

  • St Michael's Church, Stretton en le Field · 2.1 km

    St Michael's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Stretton en le Field, Leicestershire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Netherseal?
Netherseal is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the South Derbyshire local authority.
What is the population of Netherseal?
Netherseal has an approximate settlement population of 694.
How deprived is Netherseal?
The South Derbyshire local authority, which includes Netherseal, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.