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New Mills

New Mills is a town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 17,968. It has around 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and around 12 restaurants and cafés, with 15 bus stops and New Mills Central railway station 0.8 km away. There were around 36 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 New Mills area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the High Peak area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 90,933 residents at roughly 169 people per km².

Council
High Peak
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
High Peak
Police force
Derbyshire
67/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 32nd of 294 English council areas — better than 89% of them.

Low crime69
Home affordability56
Affordable rents57
Good schools95
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation64
Employment78
Low council tax63

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

13°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 16° / 8° · 55% rain
  • Tomorrow: 15° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:38

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockport Hazel Grove, United Kingdom

Crime

41 reported · July 2026 5% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences16
  • Other theft6
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Public order5

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: New Mills and Hayfield · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti Social Behaviour Speeding Issues on the A6015 Off Road Motor Bikes

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

Road safety

154 reported road collisions (2024)

60 killed or seriously injured · 218 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

109 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 93 rated 4–5 ★ (79 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: New Mills Central (0.4 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from New Mills Central (0.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£252,980 average 5.8% YoY

Across High Peak · to 2026-06

Detached£435,877
Semi-detached£277,530
Terraced£213,127
Flat£143,573

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£928 average monthly rent 6.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £619
  • 2 bed £803
  • 3 bed £982

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

Affordability

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (1.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Morrisons (7.5 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Furnessvale Marina (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches24
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

90,933 residents in High Peak · 169/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 202 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

£2,385 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (30% of 43,880)

A £1,590
B £1,855
C £2,120
D £2,385
E £2,915
F £3,445
G £3,974
H £4,769

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

Schools

58 schools · 10,747 pupils

43 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 22 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

53inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Glossopdale School and Sixth FormGood
  • Hope Valley CollegeGood
  • St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
  • Buxton Community School
  • Chapel-en-le-Frith High School
  • New Mills School
  • St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · High Peak

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

  • In a conservation area (New Mills)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 46 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

91 applications decided

79.1% granted · 72 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jon Pearce

Labour

High Peak

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoPublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19
  • NoPublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199
  • NoPublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 25
  • Con 9
  • LD 1
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens15
  • Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,405 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

27 jobs advertised · £32,436 avg

e.g. Caretaker, Class One Driver - New Mills, Trainee Driving Instructor - New Mills, Derbyshire, England

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£738 median full-time weekly pay

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

£25,328 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 · 40,311 certificates

12.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 67% · Nuclear 22% · Gas 4% · Solar 3%

19 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80.3 yrs men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in High Peak:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Torrs Hydro · 0.2 km

    Torrs Hydro is a micro hydroelectric scheme, owned by the community, in New Mills, Derbyshire. It is on the River Goyt, immediately below its confluence with the River Sett at the Torr weir. A 2.4-metre diameter steel…

  • New Mills School · 0.2 km

    New Mills School is a comprehensive school in the town of New Mills, in the north west of Derbyshire.

  • Torr Vale Mill · 0.3 km

    Torr Vale Mill is a Grade II* listed former cotton mill located in New Mills, Derbyshire, England, on a small rocky outcrop at the bottom of the Torrs gorge in a bend of the River Goyt.

  • New Mills Town Hall · 0.3 km

    New Mills Town Hall is a municipal building on Spring Bank, New Mills, Derbyshire, England. Constructed of local gritstone, it was opened in 1871 as a public hall for the Mechanics Institute, and became a town hall in…

  • New Mills Central railway station · 0.4 km

    New Mills Central railway station serves the town of New Mills, in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the Hope Valley Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield, 12+3⁄4 miles (20.5 km) east of the former. The town…

  • New Mills F.C. · 0.5 km

    New Mills Football Club are an English football club based in New Mills, Derbyshire. They currently play in the North West Counties League Division One South.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is New Mills?
New Mills is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the High Peak local authority.
What is the population of New Mills?
New Mills has an approximate settlement population of 17,968.
How deprived is New Mills?
The High Peak local authority, which includes New Mills, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.