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A village of 1,760 in Derbyshire, East Midlands.
Doveridge has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is safety (A+): 8.5 violent and sexual offences and 4 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Its weakest is walkability (D): 7% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. The median home sold for £360,000 in the last three years, 6.7 times what households in the Derbyshire Dales council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Doveridge does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Doveridge is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 14 buildings inside Doveridge’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Doveridge.
Violent crime ran at 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Derbyshire’s towns (25.9) and England’s towns (22). Police recorded 43 crimes inside Doveridge’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 2 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 47% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doveridge Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 84 | C− |
Women here live to 85.5 on average and men to 83.8 (2019–23). 3.6% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, below both Derbyshire’s towns (6%) and England’s towns (5.2%). Doveridge has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.7 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Doveridge | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.6% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 36% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For Doveridge, that is below both Derbyshire’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%). 91% of commuters drove to work at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Doveridge has 14 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*. 25% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Doveridge sits above both Derbyshire’s towns (67%) and England’s towns (61%) on this measure. 6% of households live in social housing.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £412,500 | 48 |
| Semi-detached | £238,500 | 14 |
| Terraced | £260,000 | 7 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
That puts Doveridge below both Derbyshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%). Those 65 and older account for 24% of residents. Half the people of Doveridge are older than 48.9.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Doveridge | Derbyshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.7% | 6.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 38% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Derbyshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Doveridge. Best known first.
Historic house · National TrustSudbury Hall3.9 km outside town, to the southeast
Museum · National TrustThe Children's Country House at Sudbury3.9 km outside town, to the southeastCastleCastleVernons Folly4 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doveridge | 1,760 | — | — | B | A+ | A |
| Uttoxeter | 14,024 | 2.2 | B− | B+ | C | C |
| Rocester | 1,679 | 3.3 | — | A | C | B− |
| Abbots Bromley | 1,331 | 6.4 | — | C+ | A | B+ |
| Hatton | 2,560 | 6.4 | A− | A+ | B− | B− |
| Tutbury | 3,674 | 6.6 | B+ | B+ | B+ | B |
| Mayfield | 1,099 | 7.3 | — | A− | B | B− |
| Upper Tean | 3,244 | 7.6 | A | A | B+ | B− |
Rocester, Abbots Bromley and Mayfield have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 3.3 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Cuthbert.
GCSE results trail 77% of towns in England, and primary results beat 50% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Derbyshire council.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £360,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £260,000, semi-detached houses £238,500 and detached houses £412,500. Household incomes are higher than in 71% of UK towns, so cost of living still grades B.
Village in Derbyshire, England
Doveridge is a built-up area of 1,760 people, in the Derbyshire Dales council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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