United Kingdom · East Midlands · Local Authority
Chesterfield
Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands, England · population ~105k · 47 state-funded schools
Affordable to live in, but burdened by higher crime and deprivation. Chesterfield offers a median house price of £195,000, which sits at 5.2 times median annual pay, making it one of the more accessible markets in the East Midlands. Monthly rent is equally competitive, consuming 23.6% of gross median earnings. While these costs remain below the regional median, the trade-off is a crime rate of 98.6 per 1,000 people, which is higher than 84% of authorities in England. Education provides a notable offset, with 93.3% of pupils attending schools rated Good or Outstanding. This location suits those who prioritise immediate housing affordability over lower crime rates or higher local earnings.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 data.
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How Chesterfield ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£37,320/yr
Low
Worse than 72% of UK LAs
House price
£195,000
Most affordable
Better than 83% of UK LAs
Rent
£735/mo
Most affordable
Better than 84% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,339/yr
Cheap
Better than 72% of UK LAs
Crime
98.6/1k
Highest
Worse than 84% of UK LAs
Deprivation
24.9
High
Worse than 72% of UK LAs
Schools
89.4%
Weak
Worse than 76% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
52 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
42 of 47 (89.4%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 5 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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47 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 47 schools, sortable and filterable.
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