High Peak
Local authority in East Midlands · 59 neighbourhoods
Areas
11 areasAgainst East Midlands: to the right is safer, better schools, pricier. The tick is East Midlands's middle.
- Dinting, Simmondley & Charlesworth · SK136 neighbourhoods£3,660 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Whaley Bridge & Chinley · SK235 neighbourhoods£3,490 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- New Mills East & Hayfield · SK225 neighbourhoods£3,330 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Buxton Burbage & Harpur Hill · SK174 neighbourhoods£3,190 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Chapel-en-le-Frith & Hope Valley · SK239 neighbourhoods£3,130 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- New Mills West & Furness Vale · SK225 neighbourhoods£3,060 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Hadfield East & Tintwistle · SK134 neighbourhoods£3,000 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Glossop · SK136 neighbourhoods£2,970 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Hadfield West & Gamesley · SK135 neighbourhoods£2,790 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Buxton North · SK175 neighbourhoods£2,500 per m²PriceCrimeSchools
- Per m²
- £3,060 per m² · East Midlands £2,830 per m²
- By type
- Flat £166k · Terraced £221k · Semi £290k · Detached £426k
- Neighbourhoods
- 59
Sources
HM Land Registry sales: the middle of the council's neighbourhoods' prices per m², beside the middle of East Midlands's, and typical prices by type from the area price bands. Area figures only, never a home's value.
- Crime
- 61.7 per 1,000 a year · East Midlands 77.8
Sources
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents a year (police.uk), the council's own figure; East Midlands pools every council's crimes and residents.
Schools
50 state schools- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 7
Sources
State primaries and secondaries inside its boundary (DfE GIAS, Ofsted). The standing is each neighbourhood's best primary within 1 km, among East Midlands's primaries.
Getting around
On mapSources
The typical (middle) neighbourhood's walk to a station; protected cycle lanes and Cycleways inside the council.
Green & quiet
On mapSources
The typical (middle) neighbourhood: green space, the share of homes at 55 dB or more from road or rail, and air where it is published.
People
Census 2021- Household income
- £49,700 a year · typical East Midlands neighbourhood £49,100
- Social renting
- 9% of homes · typical East Midlands neighbourhood 10%
- Most-deprived fifth
- 10% of its neighbourhoods
- Least-deprived fifth
- 12% of its neighbourhoods
Sources
Income (ONS) and social renting (Census 2021) beside the middle of East Midlands's neighbourhoods. Deprivation is the official Index of Multiple Deprivation for each neighbourhood, not its people: the share of the council's neighbourhoods in England's most and least deprived fifths.
Living costs
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Questions people ask
Is High Peak safe?
Police recorded about 61.7 crimes for every 1,000 residents in the 12 months to August 2026, lower than East Midlands as a whole (77.8). Figures run high in busy centres where few people live, and they can't tell you how one street feels, so visit at different times of day.
How much do homes cost in High Peak?
Homes sold for a typical £3,060 per m² in the year to August 2026, about the same as East Midlands as a whole (£2,830 per m²). At that rate a 70 m² two-bedroom flat would cost roughly £215,000. This is a rough guide, not a valuation.
How many schools are there in High Peak?
There are 43 state primary and 7 state secondary schools inside High Peak's boundary. Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place, so check each school's admissions rules.
Is High Peak a deprived area?
10% of High Peak's 59 neighbourhoods are among the most deprived fifth in England, and 12% among the least deprived fifth, on the official Index of Multiple Deprivation. It combines income, jobs, health, education, crime, housing and living environment.