Crap Towns / Derbyshire / Brimington
Brimington
22/100Crap Score
Known as Brim.
767th crappest of 984 towns, and 15th in Derbyshire. Higher scores are crapper.
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Crap Town of the Year 2026/27
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Letters from the locals
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agree it's crap have defended it
No bypass, more houses, same queue.
They promised a bypass, binned it and built more houses instead.
Brimington has a canal, a bit of parkland left over from a hall they knocked down, and a High Street full of other people's traffic. The bypass fell through, so the council approved more houses instead. Genius. Now somebody wants a drive-through, for more cars and more litter.
Meanwhile the overflows within a kilometre run for more than ten times as long as the typical town's, and the Environment Agency has logged 19 serious pollution incidents in and around Brim since 2016. The latest put crude sewage in the water. There are 9 pubs, and you'll need them.
What the score is made of
Ten ingredients, each marked out of 100. Higher is crapper.
Brimington's 97 for sewage spills means it's crapper than 97% of towns.
- Sewage spills97/1002,868 spill hours per 10,000 people a year, storm overflows within 1 km, 2023 to 2025
- Air pollution67/1008.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of fine particles, 2024 average
- Rain56/100131 days of rain a year, at least 1 mm, 1991 to 2020 average
- Criminal damage and arson37/1006.2 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Anti-social behaviour31/10012.1 per 1,000 people a year, September 2023 to August 2026
- Serious road collisions30/1001.8 per 10,000 people a year, fatal and serious, 2021 to 2025
- Food hygiene24/1000.0% rated 0 to 2, of the 42 food businesses with a rating
- Broadband23/1002.3% of premises can't get gigabit, January 2026, and 9.5% across the Chesterfield council area
- Deliberate fires13/1002.5 per 10,000 people a year, April 2023 to March 2026
- Fly-tipping13/1005.1 incidents per 1,000 people a year, Chesterfield council area, 2022-23 to 2024-25
| Pos | Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Ilkeston | 43 |
| 12 | Buxton | 42 |
| In danger of becoming nice from here down.13 | Hadfield | 36 |
| 14 | Long Eaton | 33 |
| 15 | Brimington | 22 |
| 16 | Glossop | 16 |
| 17 | Swadlincote | 14 |
| 18 | Belper | 8 |
| 19 | Dronfield | 4 |
Below the dashed line: in danger of becoming nice.
Brimington by numbers
Thinking of moving here? Don't say we didn't warn you.
Crime, muck and dodgy water
- 65.9 crimes per 1,000 people a year (September 2023 to August 2026) Better: 14% lower than the typical town's 76.2
- 2 reports of litter and bins on FixMyStreet, the most reported problem in the year to October 2026 Worse: 1.8 per 10,000 people, 2x the typical town's 0.9
- 19 serious pollution incidents within 1 km since 2016, the latest in 2025
What's left on the high street
- 9 pubs, 3 hairdressers, 1 vape shop on the map here as of 1 October 2026
- 1 public toilet on the map (October 2026) Worse: 0.9 per 10,000 people, 44% lower than the typical town's 1.6
- None public swimming pools open Worse: Against the typical English town's 0.7 per 10,000 people
- 1 place on England's Heritage at Risk register
Getting about, getting online, getting rained on
- 12.02am last bus out on a Wednesday About the same: About the same as the typical town's 12.14am
- 0.1% of premises can't get superfast broadband (January 2026) Better: 80% lower than the typical town's 0.5%
- 9.9% live more than 400 metres from a park or play space Better: 36% lower than the typical town's 15.5%
- 1,512 hours of sunshine a year (1991 to 2020 average) About the same: About the same as the typical town's 1,532
Chesterfield council
- £2,339 Band D council tax (2026-27) About the same: £53 less than the English average
- 15% of Derbyshire County Council's unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance (2025-26) Better: 6% lower than England's 16%
- None ombudsman complaints upheld against the council in 2025-26
- More on the council
Have a crap-off
Brimington against your mate's town, and a match ticket to rub it in.
- ?Fly-tippingper 1,000, council area?
- ?Anti-social behaviourper 1,000 people?
- ?Serious road crashesper 10,000 people?
- ?Sewage spillshours per 10,000 people?
- ?Food hygienerated poor?
- ?Criminal damageper 1,000 people?
- ?Dirty airµg/m³?
- ?No gigabitof premises can't get it?
- ?Deliberate firesper 10,000 people?
- ?Raindays a year?
Ten ingredients. One verdict. Who's crapper? The higher Crap Score takes it.