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Walton-on-Trent

Walton-on-Trent is a village in Derbyshire, England. It has 1 restaurant and café, 4 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Burton-on-Trent, 5.7 km away. In June 2026, there was around 1 recorded street crime, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Walton-on-Trent area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Derbyshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). 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 38th of 294 English council areas — better than 87% of them.

Low crime77
Home affordability75
Affordable rents86
Good schools22
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation69
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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 75% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:31

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 200% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Linton, Overseal and Lullington · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • 1 - Anti social behaviour (ASB), including anti-social vehicle use. 2 - Serious acquisitive crime.

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

Road safety

179 reported road collisions (2024)

48 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

55 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 39 rated 4–5 ★ (35 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Burton-on-Trent (5.7 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Burton-On-Trent (5.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£258,672 average 5.6% YoY

Across South Derbyshire · to 2026-06

Detached£363,294
Semi-detached£237,504
Terraced£189,462
Flat£137,330

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£879 average monthly rent 4.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £608
  • 2 bed £797
  • 3 bed £1,001

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 140.9p · AppleGreen (5.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 147.9p · AppleGreen (5.2 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: SureStore - Self Storage Burton-On-Trent (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 218 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

47inspected 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

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
  • 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

131 applications decided

92.4% granted · 121 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Samantha Niblett

Labour

South Derbyshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

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 & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £34,913 avg

e.g. Chef De Partie (CDP), Kitchen Porter, Electrician

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Biomass 30% · Gas 16% · Imports 4%

98 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 81 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Derbyshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Walton-on-Trent · 0.2 km

    Walton-on-Trent is a village within the civil parish of Walton-upon-Trent, in the National Forest in the South Derbyshire district in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census…

  • St Lawrence's Church, Walton-on-Trent · 0.3 km

    St Lawrence's Church, Walton-on-Trent is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire.

  • Walton Hall, Walton-on-Trent · 0.5 km

    Walton Hall is an 18th-century country house situated in the village of Walton on Trent, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II* listed building but is in slow decay and is officially registered on the Buildings At Risk Register.

  • Bailey Bridge (Walton on Trent) · 0.5 km

    The Bailey Bridge is a crossing of the River Trent at Walton-on-Trent on the border of Derbyshire and Staffordshire in England. The bridge is only one lane wide with access controlled by a tidal flow system controlled…

  • Barton and Walton railway station · 1.3 km

    Barton and Walton railway station opened in 1839 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London.

  • Barton Turn · 1.7 km

    Barton Turn is a village in Staffordshire, England. For population details taken at the 2011 Census see Barton-under-Needwood.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Walton-on-Trent?
Walton-on-Trent is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the South Derbyshire local authority.
How deprived is Walton-on-Trent?
The South Derbyshire local authority, which includes Walton-on-Trent, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.