Borrowash & Ockbrook

Erewash · East Midlands · population 7,196 · 5 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,041 of 6,856 in England
  • #179 of 575 in East Midlands
  • #4 of 15 in Erewash
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,167
Median age (est.)48
Density836per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 10%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Borrowash & Ockbrook is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,041 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 15 in Erewash. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (79) and lowest on Health (50). Typical homes here sold for about £264,500 over the past year, up 8% across five years (from 86 sales), 23% above the wider Erewash median of £215,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,773 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 37 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 64 · #2,486
Employment 57 · #2,925
Education 60 · #2,733
Health 50 · #3,426
Crime 79 · #1,417
Housing & access 73 · #1,869
Living environment 68 · #2,226

House prices ?

£264,500median (12m) · +10.2% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£264,50086+10.2%+8.5%
Detached£350,00039+1.6%+28.4%
Semi-detached£232,50036+1.1%+19.2%
Terraced£236,47510+17.5%+27.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£264,500
Erewash£215,000
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)£41,773±£5,955 · #2,917 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,886
Price-to-income ?6.3×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 ?

90Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

37 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 268 offences
Erewash77
East Midlands79
England83

Rank #1,005 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences133
Theft27
Burglary29
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson13
Public order & weapons21
Drugs6
Robbery2
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 38 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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