United Kingdom · East Midlands · Local Authority
North East Derbyshire
Non-metropolitan district · East Midlands, England · population ~102k · 48 state-funded schools
Affordable to rent, but not cheap to buy into. North East Derbyshire offers rents that take a manageable 24.1% of median weekly pay, and its median monthly rent of £775 is below the East Midlands average. However, buying a home here costs 6.3 times median annual pay, a higher multiple than many places in the region. Recorded crime is low, with 52.2 incidents per 1,000 people, and school quality is a genuine strength, with 93.2% of pupils in Good or Outstanding places, among the highest in the East Midlands. This area suits those prioritising lower living costs and good schools over career progression and home ownership affordability.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How North East Derbyshire ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£38,548/yr
Mid
Worse than 56% of UK LAs
House price
£242,000
Affordable
Better than 63% of UK LAs
Rent
£775/mo
Affordable
Better than 79% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,467/yr
Mid
Worse than 60% of UK LAs
Crime
52.2/1k
Safest
Better than 85% of UK LAs
Deprivation
17.4
Mid
Around UK average
Schools
85.4%
Concerning
Worse than 93% 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
48 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
41 of 48 (85.4%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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48 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 48 schools, sortable and filterable.
Schools in North East Derbyshire →Places with similar signatures
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What we don't know yet
Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.