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Overseal and Castle Gresley

Overseal and Castle Gresley is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 2,800. It has around 2 pharmacies and 2 restaurants and cafés, with 32 bus stops serving the area. The nearest railway station is Discovery Station, located 3.1 km away. In June 2026, there were around 51 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 Overseal and Castle Gresley 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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 35% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:32

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

29US 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

83 reported · August 2026▲ 93% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences31
  • Other theft12
  • Vehicle crime11
  • Anti-social behaviour7

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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

144 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Discovery Station (3.1 km)
  • 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Burton-On-Trent (7.0 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 (7.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

22 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Arnold Close Car Park, Castle Gresley (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds7

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
  • 5 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
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

67% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Gas 30% · Biomass 27% · Imports 3%

152 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

7 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in DE11

  • Newhall Surgery
  • Swadlincote Surgery
  • Woodville Surgery

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

  • Gresley railway station · 0.4 km

    Gresley railway station was a railway station at Castle Gresley, Derbyshire on the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line.

  • Castle Knob · 0.5 km

    Castle Knob is the motte of Castle Gresley, a ruined motte and bailey castle in Derbyshire, England. The date of construction is not known but may have been in the mid-12th century Anarchy era. The site was long under…

  • Castle Gresley · 0.6 km

    Castle Gresley is a village and civil parish about 1.75 miles (2.82 km) southwest of the centre of Swadlincote in South Derbyshire, England. The population was 1,566 at the 2001 Census increasing to 1,799 at the 2011…

  • Linton, Derbyshire · 1.2 km

    Linton is a settlement and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England, 5 miles south east of Burton-on-Trent. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 2,303.

  • Gresley Priory · 1.3 km

    Gresley Priory was a monastery of Augustinian Canons regular in Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England, founded in the 12th century.

  • St George and St Mary's Church, Church Gresley · 1.3 km

    St George and St Mary's Church, Church Gresley is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Church Gresley, Derbyshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Overseal and Castle Gresley?
Overseal and Castle Gresley is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the South Derbyshire local authority.
How deprived is Overseal and Castle Gresley?
The South Derbyshire local authority, which includes Overseal and Castle Gresley, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.