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Woodthorpe

Woodthorpe is a village in Derbyshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. It features one pharmacy and four restaurants and cafés, with 19 bus stops and Roundhouse Halt railway station 3.7 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 Woodthorpe area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Chesterfield area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 103,569 residents at roughly 1,568 people per km².

Council
Chesterfield
County
Derbyshire
Constituency
North East Derbyshire
Police force
Derbyshire
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 143rd of 294 English council areas — better than 51% of them.

Low crime22
Home affordability92
Affordable rents94
Good schools83
Life expectancy7
Low deprivation27
Employment45
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

15°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 14° · 42% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:28

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Loundsley Green, United Kingdom

Crime

58 reported · July 2026 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences30
  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Criminal damage & arson6
  • Public order5

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Staveley · Derbyshire

Local policing priorities

  • Nuisance Bikes

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

Road safety

133 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 163 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

96 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 86 rated 4–5 ★ (76 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Roundhouse Halt (3.7 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chesterfield (7.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£199,439 average 4.5% YoY

Across Chesterfield · to 2026-06

Detached£320,337
Semi-detached£190,822
Terraced£151,230
Flat£109,392

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£754 average monthly rent 2.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £538
  • 2 bed £692
  • 3 bed £827

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

Affordability

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (5.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (8.8 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

35 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Morrisons Chesterfield Staveley (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

103,569 residents in Chesterfield · 1,568/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 86 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,339 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 51,340)

A £1,560
B £1,820
C £2,080
D £2,339
E £2,859
F £3,379
G £3,899
H £4,679

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

Schools

52 schools · 15,624 pupils

36 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 20 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • St Mary's Catholic High School, A Catholic Voluntary AcademyOutstanding
  • Brookfield Community SchoolGood
  • Outwood Academy Hasland HallGood
  • Whittington Green SchoolGood
  • Netherthorpe School
  • Outwood Academy Newbold
  • Parkside Community School
  • Springwell Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chesterfield

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
  • 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

100 applications decided

90% granted · 90 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Louise Sandher-Jones

Labour

North East 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 27
  • LD 11
  • Ref 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

83 jobs advertised · £40,062 avg

e.g. Become a Arabic Tutor in Woodthorpe (Leicestershire) – Flexible & Remote, Online Personal trainers Tutoring Job in Woodthorpe – Flexible Schedule, Online German Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£718 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,241 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,094 certificates

12.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

79% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 40% · Wind 38% · Gas 21% · Nuclear 1%

131 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 80 yrs women · 77 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Derbyshire:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Mastin Moor · 0.7 km

    Mastin Moor is a village east of Staveley in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. The village sits almost entirely on the north side of the A619. As well as houses, the village consists of two local shops, a Chinese takeaway…

  • Netherthorpe School · 0.8 km

    Netherthorpe School is a non-selective secondary school with academy status based in Staveley in the Chesterfield district of Derbyshire, England.

  • Staveley Town railway station · 1.1 km

    Staveley Town is a disused railway station in Staveley, Derbyshire in England.

  • Staveley Central railway station · 1.3 km

    Staveley Central was a railway station serving the town of Staveley, Derbyshire, England.

  • Poolsbrook · 1.4 km

    Poolsbrook is a former mining village near Staveley in Chesterfield, England. The village was built by Staveley Coal and Iron Company towards the end of the 19th century to provide housing for workers employed at the…

  • Netherthorpe, Derbyshire · 1.4 km

    Netherthorpe is a suburban area adjoining the town of Staveley, Derbyshire, to the east, lying just west of the River Doe Lea.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Woodthorpe?
Woodthorpe is a town in Derbyshire, England, in the Chesterfield local authority.
How deprived is Woodthorpe?
The Chesterfield local authority, which includes Woodthorpe, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.