SK17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Buxton, Fairfield and Harpur Hill, in High Peak, Derbyshire Dales and Staffordshire Moorlands.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SK17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SK17, 72.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SK17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SK17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SK17 at a rate of 87.0 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 279 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SK17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,176), other crime (479) and anti-social behaviour (408).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SK17 was 81.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in SK17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SK17 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SK17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire Dales 001D | 1,760 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 1.6% |
| Derbyshire Dales 011C | 1,654 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.1% |
| High Peak 010A | 1,705 | 130.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.6% |
| High Peak 010B | 1,294 | 199.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.5% |
| High Peak 010C | 1,086 | 362.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 63.8% |
| High Peak 010D | 1,784 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.9% |
| High Peak 010E | 1,737 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 56.3% |
| High Peak 011A | 1,220 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.9% |
| High Peak 011B | 1,181 | 138.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.9% |
| High Peak 011C | 1,478 | 112.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.9% |
| High Peak 011D | 1,347 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.9% |
| High Peak 011E | 1,646 | 140.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| High Peak 012A | 2,588 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.3% |
| High Peak 012B | 1,486 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.8% |
| High Peak 012C | 1,438 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.5% |
| High Peak 012D | 1,728 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.2% |
| High Peak 013D | 1,042 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 69.2% |
| High Peak 013I | 1,157 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 19.4% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands 007C | 1,723 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 57.5% |
MPs for SK17
- Jon PearceLabourMP for High Peak71% of SK17’s postcodes
- John WhitbyLabourMP for Derbyshire Dales19% of SK17’s postcodes
- Dame Karen BradleyConservativeMP for Staffordshire Moorlands11% of SK17’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SK173
Postcode sectors in SK176
Councils SK17 covers3
Towns in SK171
Postcode districts next to SK179
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SK postcode area2
SK17 in brief
SK17 is a postcode district covering Buxton, Fairfield and Harpur Hill, in High Peak, Derbyshire Dales and Staffordshire Moorlands.
About 32,092 people lived in SK17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £254,800 in 2025 across 512 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SK17 was £254,800 in 2025.
SK17 had 30,981 usual residents at the census.
In SK17, 72.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SK17, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.