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Shirebrook

Shirebrook is a town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 10,885. It has around 1 school, 3 supermarkets, and around 4 restaurants and cafés, along with 43 bus stops and Shirebrook railway station 1km away. There were around 81 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 Shirebrook area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bolsover area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 80,273 residents at roughly 501 people per km².

Council
Bolsover
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
Bolsover
Police force
Derbyshire
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 142nd of 294 English council areas — better than 52% of them.

Low crime50
Home affordability94
Affordable rents96
Good schools59
Life expectancy25
Low deprivation18
Employment59
Low council tax19

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

16°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:30

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

Crime

120 reported · July 2026 2% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences46
  • Anti-social behaviour24
  • Criminal damage & arson14
  • Public order11

3 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Shirebrook · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1. Drug dealing in and around Shirebrook 2. Anti-social behaviour (ASB) around the leisure centre 3. Speeding and other motoring offences…

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

Road safety

142 reported road collisions (2024)

32 killed or seriously injured · 195 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

103 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 83 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Shirebrook (0.7 km)
  • 36 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Shirebrook (0.8 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£188,025 average 6.6% YoY

Across Bolsover · to 2026-06

Detached£271,407
Semi-detached£177,823
Terraced£145,541
Flat£90,458

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£710 average monthly rent 5.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £500
  • 2 bed £648
  • 3 bed £751

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

Affordability

5.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.0 times median annual pay (5.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (9.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Morrisons (7.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 100 kW
  • Nearest: Enterprise Way (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches16
  • Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

80,273 residents in Bolsover · 501/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 58 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

£2,559 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (58% of 38,920)

A £1,706
B £1,991
C £2,275
D £2,559
E £3,128
F £3,697
G £4,266
H £5,119

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

Schools

43 schools · 10,888 pupils

33 primary · 5 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 19 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

41inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Frederick Gent SchoolGood
  • Heritage High SchoolGood
  • Shirebrook Academy
  • The Bolsover School
  • Tibshelf Community School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bolsover

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
  • 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

57 applications decided

96.5% granted · 55 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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 majority

  • Lab 22
  • Con 1
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

2,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

39 jobs advertised · £36,824 avg

e.g. Support Worker, Senior CRM Executive, Warehouse Health & Safety Officer - Nights

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£679 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,224 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,191 certificates

13.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

77% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 42% · Wind 28% · Gas 22% · Nuclear 7%

138 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.0
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bolsover:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Holy Trinity Church, Shirebrook · 0.3 km

    Holy Trinity Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.

  • Shirebrook · 0.5 km

    Shirebrook is a town and civil parish in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England. It had a population of 13,300 at the 2021 Census. The town is on the B6407 road and close to the A632 road which runs between the…

  • Shirebrook South railway station · 0.6 km

    Shirebrook South is a former railway station in Shirebrook, north eastern Derbyshire, England.

  • F.C. Bolsover · 0.6 km

    Football Club Bolsover was a football club based in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England. They played at Shirebrook Town's Langwith Road ground.

  • Shirebrook Town F.C. · 0.6 km

    Shirebrook Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club based in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of United Counties League Division One and play at Langwith Road.

  • Shirebrook railway station · 0.7 km

    Shirebrook railway station serves the town of Shirebrook in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line, 21½ miles (35 km) north of Nottingham towards Worksop.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Shirebrook?
Shirebrook is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the Bolsover local authority.
What is the population of Shirebrook?
Shirebrook has an approximate settlement population of 10,885.
How deprived is Shirebrook?
The Bolsover local authority, which includes Shirebrook, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.