Codnor's streets are pitched and terraced, ex-mining stone and brick giving way to pebble-dashed semis, the kind of place where gardens are kept tidy and cars outnumber pedestrians on a weekday afternoon. It doesn't perform for anyone. There's no strip of cafes or wine bars doing the talking; the high street is functional rather than social, and that seems to suit the people who've settled here, whose median age sits close to 48 — noticeably older than the regional norm. This is a place people move to, not through. There's one school in the immediate data, Codnor Community Primary, alongside Waingroves Primary a little further into the same patch — both small, both the sort of village-scale primaries where a child is known by name rather than by class list. Neither has a published Ofsted grade here, so take the area's overall schools mark, a solid B, as the steer rather than any single result. Transport is a strength rather than a constraint: 35 stops serve a population of just over three thousand, which points to easy local bus coverage, though there's no named rail station in the picture, so this reads as a driving or bus-dependent suburb rather than a commuter-line one. Housing is where the numbers do something interesting — a median price of £211,000 is actually below the parent district of Amber Valley by about 6%, and well under the national median of £281,000, putting Codnor among the more affordable corners of the East Midlands. The sales mix is almost entirely freehold semis and detacheds, with detached houses here trading at £285,500 against a national detached average of £420,000 — a proper discount for anyone trading up from a flat or terrace elsewhere. Green space is generous for the size of the place — 16 sites totalling over 68 hectares, more than six times the national per-capita rate — so dog walks and kids on bikes are part of the daily texture rather than a weekend treat. Eating out isn't the draw; this is a place that empties into surrounding towns for a proper night out, and the "restaurant scene" here is closer to a chip shop and a pub than a food quarter. Health provision is the one grade that sits apart from the rest of the pattern — a C+ in a profile otherwise stacked with As and B+s — worth a mention to anyone weighing up GP access or the walk-in options nearby. Crime is low in absolute terms, 225 incidents across the year, and the safety grade is trending in the right direction; violence and sexual offences make up the largest single share, which is typical of how these figures get categorised locally rather than a sign of a dangerous street. Council tax at band D runs to £211 a month equivalent, comfortably under both regional and national medians. This suits people who want space, quiet, and a garden for their money rather than convenience on the doorstep — retirees, established families, anyone happy to drive for their evenings out. It's a harder sell if you need a fast rail commute or a lively social scene within stumbling distance of home; those things exist, just not here.