SK17 8ES Area Guide - Crime, Schools & Is It a Good Place to Live?

SK17 8ES is a postcode in Limestone Peak, High Peak, East Midlands, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near SK17 8ES, then scores the surrounding small area 50/100 - bottom 42% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around SK17 8ES are jobs and local prosperity, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for SK17 8ES is based on High Peak 013 Census 2021. It covers 12,893 residents, 55 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 49, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 75% owner-occupied, 14% privately rented, 10% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 5/10.

For property prices near SK17 8ES, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the SK17 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £255k from 57 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near SK17 8ES by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near SK17 8ES; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.