Smalley

16°CLight rain

• Today: 21° / 15° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▼ 9% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Other theft2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Shipley, Smalley, Mapperley, Horsley and Horlsey Woodhouse · Derbyshire

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

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)

96 food businesses within 2 miles

• 81 rated 4–5 ★ (67 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Langley Mill (4.9 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£237,857 average▲ 7.9% YoY

Across Amber Valley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6.2 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Morley Hayes (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

126,206 residents in Amber Valley · 476/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,408 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (38% of 61,280)

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Amber Valley

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

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

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

137 applications decided

97.8% granted · 134 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Linsey Farnsworth

Labour

Amber Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 19
• Con 7
• LD 1
• Grn 5
• Ref 3
• Oth 6

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

• Schools2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

75% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 44% · Wind 29% · Gas 25% · Nuclear 2%

151 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Amber Valley:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills3,915 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership398 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance370 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office355 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s282 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Heanor Gate Science College · 2.3 km

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