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SK23

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Chapel-en-le-Frith and Lower Crossings, in High Peak.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SK23 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 93% of people in SK23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£280,000
Joint 990th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
18,352
1,191st least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
93%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
81.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How SK23 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SK23Middle
Median sale price19 postcode districts, SK · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SK19 areas from £207,750 to £490,000. The middle area is £280,000. SK23 is £280,000.
£280,000joint 9th most expensive
Population19 postcode districts, SK · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SK19 areas from 12,069 to 60,892. The middle area is 31,110. SK23 is 18,352.
18,3523rd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 postcode districts, SK · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in SK19 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 22.0%. SK23 is 93.0%.
93%5th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 postcode districts, SK · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SK19 areas from 72.9% to 97.2%. The middle area is 93.2%. SK23 is 81.9%.
81.9%5th lowest

Is SK23 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SK23 at a rate of 48.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SK23.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (424), other crime (153) and anti-social behaviour (90).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SK23 was 47.3 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 SK23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SK23 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in SK23

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
High Peak 005E1,42530.1 per 1,000790.3%
High Peak 006A1,33132.4 per 1,000685.1%
High Peak 008A1,46627.9 per 1,000883.4%
High Peak 008B1,79932.9 per 1,000886.1%
High Peak 008C1,58032.2 per 1,000774.0%
High Peak 008D1,75594.1 per 1,000692.3%
High Peak 008E1,55749.1 per 1,000891.2%
High Peak 013E2,17759.9 per 1,000549.3%
High Peak 013F2,06474.8 per 1,000687.1%
High Peak 013G1,41430.0 per 1,000883.0%
High Peak 013H1,48344.3 per 1,000895.4%

MPs for SK23

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

Middle areas in SK232

Postcode sectors in SK234

Council1

Postcode districts next to SK235

Nearest rail stations4

More in the SK postcode area2

SK23 in brief

SK23 is a postcode district covering Chapel-en-le-Frith and Lower Crossings, in High Peak.

About 18,298 people lived in SK23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 312 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SK23 was £280,000 in 2025.

SK23 had 18,352 usual residents at the census.

About 93% of people in SK23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In SK23, 81.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.