# Hilton Town in South Derbyshire, East Midlands. Hilton is a town in South Derbyshire, East Midlands. Median sale price £241,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 40.1 per 1,000 people. About 9,211 people. Town. Code E63002146. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [South Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire) Hilton is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hilton 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: £241,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Hilton was £241,500 in 2025. 432nd 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/hilton#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 8,269** (2021). Hilton had 8,269 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 82nd 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/hilton#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 5%** (2022). About 5% of people in Hilton 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/hilton#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.6%** (January 2026). In Hilton, 91.6% 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/hilton#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63002146) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 5% of people in Hilton 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=E63002146) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 161 homes were sold in Hilton in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63002146) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Hilton. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63002146) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Hilton had 8,269 usual residents at the census. ## How Hilton compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Hilton | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £241,500 | 50th most expensive | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 | | Population | 8,269 | 6th least populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 5% | 24th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.6% | 22nd lowest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 | ## Is Hilton safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hilton at a rate of 40.1 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, 26 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hilton. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (173), other crime (61) and anti-social behaviour (45). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Hilton was 38.5 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 Hilton, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Hilton has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Hilton | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [South Derbyshire 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019847) | 1,356 | 58.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% | | [South Derbyshire 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01019848) | 2,710 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% | | [South Derbyshire 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01033532) | 1,573 | 69.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.8% | | [South Derbyshire 002G](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01033533) | 1,605 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% | | [South Derbyshire 002H](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/neighbourhood/e01033534) | 1,029 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 76.7% | ## Your MP - [Derbyshire Dales](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/derbyshire-dales): John Whitby (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 [South Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire) ## Postcode districts covering Hilton [DE65](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de65) ## Middle areas in Hilton [Hilton & Etwall](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire/hilton-and-etwall) ## Towns near Hilton [Burton upon Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-upon-trent), [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby), [Swadlincote](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swadlincote), [Ashbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashbourne), [Uttoxeter](https://openindex.co.uk/town/uttoxeter), [Ashby-de-la-Zouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashby-de-la-zouch) ## Hilton in brief Hilton is a town in South Derbyshire, East Midlands. About 9,211 people lived in Hilton in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £241,500 in 2025 across 161 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 40.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Hilton was £241,500 in 2025. Hilton had 8,269 usual residents at the census. About 5% of people in Hilton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Hilton, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63002146 - Constituency: [Derbyshire Dales †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/derbyshire-dales) - Council: [South Derbyshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-derbyshire) - Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 1.80 km² - People, mid-2024: 9,211* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 27 * 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 [Burton upon Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burton-upon-trent), [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby), [Swadlincote](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swadlincote), [Ashbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashbourne), [Uttoxeter](https://openindex.co.uk/town/uttoxeter), [Ashby-de-la-Zouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ashby-de-la-zouch) ## Latest updates for Hilton - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63002146 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/hilton, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/hilton#f-house-sales-median-price. 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