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Derby area guide

Who lives in Derby, how they live, and how it compares on crime, schools and transport.

Council: Derby
Region: East Midlands
Population: 289,915 (2024)

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At a glance

What Derby is like

Derby is a city in the East Midlands. It is home to about 289,915 people across 110,831 households. 60% of households own their home, 20.8% rent privately and 18.2% are in social housing. The largest age group is 25–29, and 54% of adults are in work. On deprivation, it sits near the middle of the scale for England. Higher-harm crime is well above the England and Wales average.

Scores

How Derby compares

Headline figures for Derby, set against England as a whole.

AffluenceMore

5.0/ 10

Around the middle. Scored from 1 (most deprived in England) to 10 (least deprived).

CrimeMore

9/ 10

Higher than most: 44.2 higher-harm crimes per 1,000 people a year vs 31.1 nationally.

TransportMore

5.0/ 10

Good: 1 station within a mile, 62 bus stops within 800m.

SchoolsMore

89%

Rated good or better across 103 inspected schools in Derby.

Household incomeMore

£49,381

Average annual income before tax, higher than 40% of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

What stands out

Worth knowing before you invest

Where Derby differs most from the national average.

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Higher crime than mostLook closer
44.2 higher-harm crimes per 1,000 people a year, against 31.1 across England and Wales.

Questions

Derby FAQs

Is Derby a good place to live?

Deprivation, crime, schools and transport at a glance.

It scores 5.0 out of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 10 is the least deprived in England. Higher-harm crime runs at 44.2 per 1,000 people a year, band 9 of 10 nationally. 89% of the inspected schools nearby are rated good or better. Transport connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10 (good).

Is Derby safe?

How recorded crime here compares with the national average.

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 44.2 offences per 1,000 people a year around Derby, well above the 31.1 average across England and Wales, band 9 of 10.

Who lives in Derby?

Age, home ownership and housing from the census.

The largest age group is 25–29, at 7.1% of residents. 60% of households own their home. The most common property type is semi-detached (38.7%).

How well connected is Derby?

Connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10.

There are 62 bus stops within 800m and 1 station or tram stop within a mile, scoring 5.0 out of 10 (good). The nearest station is Derby Rail Station, 0.5 miles away.

Sources: Census 2021 (ONS); ONS mid-year population estimates; police recorded crime; the English, Welsh and Scottish indices of deprivation; ONS small area income estimates; ONS private rents; DfE, Welsh and Scottish school registers and Ofsted; DfT NaPTAN; ORR estimates of station usage. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.

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