Swanwick & Leabrooks

Amber Valley · East Midlands · population 8,465 · 6 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,171 of 6,856 in England
  • #187 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #5 of 16 in Amber Valley
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,442
Median age (est.)49
Density1,338per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above25%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 6%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 29%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Skilled trades 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Process & plant10%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 3%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Swanwick & Leabrooks is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,171 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 16 in Amber Valley. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (83) and lowest on Education (47). Typical homes here, about £220,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 35% in five years (from 128 sales), in line with the wider Amber Valley median of £230,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #258 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £37,394 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 68 · #2,178
Employment 57 · #2,932
Education 47 · #3,604
Health 52 · #3,309
Crime 76 · #1,678
Housing & access 83 · #1,150
Living environment 54 · #3,186

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · -3.3% yr · n=128
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,000128-3.3%+34.6%
Detached£312,49854-3.1%+27.6%
Semi-detached£210,00047+15.9%+33.3%
Terraced£142,50027-7.2%+29.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£220,000
Amber Valley£230,000
East Midlands£250,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£37,394±£5,309 · #4,240 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,216
Price-to-income ?5.9×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

96Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 453 offences
Amber Valley72
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #2,376 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences273
Theft40
Burglary16
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons44
Drugs14
Robbery4
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 57 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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