# Clay Cross

Town in North East Derbyshire, East Midlands.

Clay Cross is a town in North East Derbyshire, East Midlands. Median sale price £213,248 in 2025. Recorded crime 116.8 per 1,000 people. About 9,749 people.

Town. Code E63001711. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North East Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire)

Clay Cross is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Clay Cross add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £213,248** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Clay Cross was £213,248 in 2025. 291st cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/clay-cross#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 8,915** (2021). Clay Cross had 8,915 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 149th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/clay-cross#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 87%** (2022). About 87% of people in Clay Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/clay-cross#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.4%** (January 2026). In Clay Cross, 92.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/clay-cross#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001711) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 87% of people in Clay Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001711) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 142 homes were sold in Clay Cross in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001711) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Clay Cross.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001711) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Clay Cross had 8,915 usual residents at the census.

## How Clay Cross compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Clay Cross | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £213,248 | 34th cheapest | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 8,915 | 14th least populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 87% | joint 36th most people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.4% | 26th lowest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Clay Cross safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Clay Cross at a rate of 116.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 110 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Clay Cross.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (531), other crime (196) and anti-social behaviour (173).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Clay Cross was 116.6 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 Clay Cross, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Clay Cross has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Clay Cross

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [North East Derbyshire 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019775) | 2,329 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.2% |
| [North East Derbyshire 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019776) | 1,349 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.3% |
| [North East Derbyshire 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019777) | 2,384 | 101.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| [North East Derbyshire 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01034648) | 1,407 | 110.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.1% |
| [North East Derbyshire 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01034649) | 1,077 | 312.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.8% |

## Your MP

- [North East Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-east-derbyshire): Louise Sandher-Jones (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[North East Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire)

## Postcode districts covering Clay Cross

[S45](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/s45)

## Middle areas in Clay Cross

[Clay Cross](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire/clay-cross)

## Towns near Clay Cross

[North Wingfield and Holmewood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/north-wingfield-and-holmewood), [Chesterfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesterfield), [Alfreton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/alfreton), [Brimington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brimington), [South Normanton and Pinxton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-normanton-and-pinxton), [Matlock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/matlock)

## Clay Cross in brief

Clay Cross is a town in North East Derbyshire, East Midlands.
About 9,749 people lived in Clay Cross in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £213,248 in 2025 across 142 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 116.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Clay Cross was £213,248 in 2025.
Clay Cross had 8,915 usual residents at the census.
About 87% of people in Clay Cross live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Clay Cross, 92.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001711
- Constituency: [North East Derbyshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-east-derbyshire)
- Council: [North East Derbyshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-derbyshire)
- Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 3.56 km²
- People, mid-2024: 9,749*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 31

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[North Wingfield and Holmewood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/north-wingfield-and-holmewood), [Chesterfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chesterfield), [Alfreton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/alfreton), [Brimington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brimington), [South Normanton and Pinxton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-normanton-and-pinxton), [Matlock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/matlock)

## Latest updates for Clay Cross

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001711

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/clay-cross, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/clay-cross#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/clay-cross