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HattonDerbyshire

A town of 2,560 in Derbyshire, East Midlands.

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Tutbury Crossing Signal Box · Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tutbury Crossing Signal Box

Hatton, Derbyshire · Tutbury Crossing Signal Box · Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0

Is Hatton a good place to live?

Hatton grades A− overall against UK towns: better than 82% of UK towns, and #9 of 59 in Derbyshire. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A+): median sale £238,747, 4.2 years of area income; rent £882 a month. Its weakest is hazard risk (D−): 14% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

What makes Hatton stand out

The 3 things Hatton does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Hatton grades

Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Hatton is from typical. American towns are graded separately.

How grading works
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.

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Tutbury Crossing Signal Box · Grade II listed · Photo: Dave Bevis · CC BY-SA 2.0
Hatton’s story

Hatton in pictures

Historic England lists 1 building inside Hatton’s built-up area.

9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hatton.

HousingCost of living grade A+

Hatton is a town of owners: 75% of households own their home, above Derbyshire’s towns and England’s towns

For Hatton, that is above both Derbyshire’s towns (67%) and England’s towns (61%). 9% of households live in social housing.

£239Kmedian sale

Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026

Hatton£239K
Typical UK town£277K
By typeMedianSales
Detached£339,950119
Semi-detached£229,95089
Terraced£186,00065
Flat or maisonette£145,0007
75%
of households own their home · England 61%
16%
rent privately · England 21%
£882
average private rent a month, South Derbyshire council area
£2,374
council tax, Band D, 2026–27

HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL

SchoolsB

Results at Hatton’s schools beat 62% of towns in England

Its one school is below.

BSchool Grade
SchoolLevelPupilsLetter
Heath Fields Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimaryPrimary185D
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
History

1 listed buildings, 0 of them Grade I

The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.

Hatton has 1 listed building inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*.

1listed buildingsDHistory Grade

Listed buildings by grade · Historic England

Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II1
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
9%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
4
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24

Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL

Work & commuteJobs & income grade B+

Fewer commuters in Hatton work nearby than in Derbyshire’s towns or England’s towns: 24% travel under 5 km

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 20% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.

Hatton sits below both Derbyshire’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%) on this measure. At the census, 16% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

16%walk, cycle or ride

How commuters got to work · March 2021

Driving82%
On foot10%
Bus3%
Bicycle2%
24%
of commuters travel under 5 km · England 45%
20%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£59K
mean household income, before tax
2.1%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
B
Walkability: more walkable than 63% of UK towns

ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL

Health

81% of residents say their health is good or very good

81% of Hatton’s residents described their health as good or very good in 2021, against 80% across Derbyshire’s towns. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.

81%good or very good healthB−Health Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 81%Fair 14%Bad or very bad 5%
Census 2021HattonDerbyshireEngland
Good or very good health81%80%82%
Bad or very bad health5.2%6%5.2%
Disabled (Equality Act)18%20%17%
80
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
83.5
life expectancy at birth, women

ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL

Safety

Hatton has more crime per resident than 51% of UK towns

Police recorded 150 crimes inside Hatton’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 26 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 49% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking, so it runs higher than U.S. “violent crime”.

24.7violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearB−Safety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 51% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.

Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026

Violence & sexual74
Other theft23
Public order18
Vehicle crime10
Damage & arson9
Shoplifting8
Burglary3
Other crime3
Anti-social26

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.

24.7
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
8.1
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
7.2
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
150
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026

data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL

Who lives here

Fewer people in Hatton hold a degree than in Derbyshire’s towns or England’s towns: 25%

That puts Hatton below both Derbyshire’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (34%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.8% of the town. Hatton has a median age of 44.1.

44.1median age
HattonDerbyshireEngland

Ages · share of residents

Qualifications · residents 16 and older

No qualifications20%
Apprenticeship8%
A levels or similar19%
Degree level25%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Ages and qualifications in Hatton
HattonDerbyshireEngland
Under 1517%17%18%
15–249.8%11%12%
25–4424%25%27%
45–6429%27%25%
65+20%20%18%
No qualifications20%19%18%
Apprenticeship8.3%6.5%5.3%
A levels or similar19%18%17%
Degree level25%29%34%

ONS Census 2021 · Derbyshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL

Nearby attractions

Tutbury Castle and 2 more in and around Hatton

Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Hatton. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

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Keep exploring

Everything we know about Hatton

14pages on Hatton

Hatton’s neighbours

The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Derbyshire →
TutburyHiltonRolleston on DoveStrettonEtwallBurton upon TrentWillingtonTutburyHiltonRolleston on DoveStrettonEtwallBurton upon TrentWillingtonHatton
How the neighbours grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Hatton2,560—A−A+B−B−
Tutbury3,6741B+B+B+B
Hilton8,2692.2A+A+B+B+
Rolleston on Dove2,9022.2A−C+AB+
Stretton4,6463.5A−A−A−B−
Etwall3,0803.6AB+BB
Burton upon Trent76,2644.8C+ADD
Willington2,7175.3A+AB+B+

People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.

Questions about Hatton

Does Hatton flood?

Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.

Are schools in Hatton good?

Primary results beat 60% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Derbyshire council.

How much is council tax in Hatton?

Band D council tax in Hatton is £2,374 for 2026–27, less than in 63% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.

About Hatton

Town in Derbyshire, England

Hatton is a built-up area of 2,560 people, in the South Derbyshire 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

Population
2,560 (Census 2021)
Council
South Derbyshire
County
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Area
0.3 sq mi (0.9 km²)
ONS code
E63002150

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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