GeraMind / Active Life Score / East Midlands
Most Active Areas in the East Midlands
Across 39 local authorities, an average of 63.5% of adults were physically active in November 2024–November 2025. The most active area is High Peak (73.9% active). Real Sport England Active Lives data.
How active are adults in the East Midlands?
Across the 39 local authorities in the East Midlands, an average of 63.5% of adults were physically active (150+ minutes/week) and 25.2% were inactive (<30 minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data published April 2026. The most active area is High Peak (73.9% active); the least active is Boston (48.0% active). These are unweighted averages across the region's local authorities.
| Metric | East Midlands (mean across 39 LAs) | England average |
|---|---|---|
| Active (150+ min/week) | 63.5% | 64.5% |
| Fairly active (30–149 min/week) | 11.1% | 10.7% |
| Inactive (<30 min/week) | 25.2% | 24.7% |
| Gera Active Life Score (GALS) | 53 / 100 | 56 / 100 |
Every East Midlands local authority, ranked (November 2024–November 2025)
| # | Local Authority | Active % | Inactive % | GALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broxtowe | 72.2% | 14.9% | 89 |
| 2 | Derbyshire Dales | 72.9% | 16.8% | 84 |
| 3 | Harborough | 70.0% | 17.1% | 81 |
| 4 | Amber Valley | 71.2% | 19.0% | 77 |
| 5 | South Derbyshire | 69.1% | 19.6% | 73 |
| 6 | Rushcliffe | 68.6% | 19.8% | 73 |
| 7 | High Peak | 73.9% | 19.5% | 72 |
| 8 | Rutland | 69.3% | 21.0% | 70 |
| 9 | North West Leicestershire | 67.4% | 20.2% | 70 |
| 10 | Lincoln | 67.7% | 21.1% | 68 |
| 11 | Gedling | 67.2% | 22.9% | 63 |
| 12 | Derbyshire | 66.5% | 23.4% | 61 |
| 13 | Leicestershire | 65.2% | 23.1% | 61 |
| 14 | Charnwood | 64.6% | 23.1% | 60 |
| 15 | Nottinghamshire | 65.1% | 23.8% | 59 |
| 16 | Melton | 66.9% | 24.8% | 58 |
| 17 | South Kesteven | 63.3% | 23.6% | 58 |
| 18 | Newark and Sherwood | 65.3% | 24.0% | 58 |
| 19 | Erewash | 65.2% | 25.1% | 55 |
| 20 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 61.6% | 25.7% | 51 |
| 21 | Oadby and Wigston | 64.0% | 26.5% | 51 |
| 22 | West Northamptonshire | 60.7% | 25.8% | 50 |
| 23 | Blaby | 62.7% | 26.6% | 49 |
| 24 | North Northamptonshire | 63.2% | 27.6% | 47 |
| 25 | Bassetlaw | 62.0% | 27.0% | 47 |
| 26 | Nottingham | 61.5% | 27.9% | 45 |
| 27 | North Kesteven | 57.7% | 27.0% | 44 |
| 28 | Mensfield | 60.5% | 28.1% | 43 |
| 29 | Bolsover | 60.6% | 28.6% | 42 |
| 30 | North East Derbyshire | 58.5% | 28.1% | 41 |
| 31 | Lincolnshire | 58.4% | 28.7% | 40 |
| 32 | Derby | 58.0% | 29.0% | 39 |
| 33 | Chesterfield | 61.3% | 30.1% | 39 |
| 34 | Ashfield | 60.0% | 29.4% | 39 |
| 35 | West Lindsey | 59.1% | 29.8% | 37 |
| 36 | Leicester | 57.8% | 30.5% | 34 |
| 37 | East Lindsey | 56.4% | 31.0% | 32 |
| 38 | South Holland | 51.7% | 34.9% | 17 |
| 39 | Boston | 48.0% | 39.0% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- Which is the most active area in the East Midlands?
- High Peak is the most physically active local authority in the East Midlands, with 73.9% of adults active (150+ minutes/week) in November 2024–November 2025. It scores GALS 72/100 on the Gera Active Life Score.
- Which is the least active area in the East Midlands?
- Boston has the lowest share of active adults in the East Midlands (48.0% active, 39.0% inactive) in November 2024–November 2025, per Sport England Active Lives data.
- How does the East Midlands compare with the England average?
- The East Midlands averages 63.5% active adults across its 39 local authorities, which is below the England average of 64.5% active (November 2024–November 2025). These are unweighted means across local authorities, not population-weighted regional totals.
- What is the Gera Active Life Score (GALS)?
- GALS is a 0–100 index Gera computes from real Sport England Active Lives data. For each local authority: raw = activePct − inactivePct + 0.5 × fairlyActivePct, then normalised across all 317 English LAs. Full methodology at geramind.com/methodology/active-life-score.
Other English regions
- South West — mean GALS 70/100 (68.7% active)
- South East — mean GALS 66/100 (67.4% active)
- London — mean GALS 60/100 (66.0% active)
- East — mean GALS 56/100 (64.0% active)
- North West — mean GALS 48/100 (62.4% active)
- West Midlands — mean GALS 48/100 (61.7% active)
- Yorkshire — mean GALS 47/100 (62.6% active)
- North East — mean GALS 41/100 (60.6% active)
Related
- Active Life Score — all 317 English local authorities
- GALS methodology — how the score is computed
- GeraClinic — book a GP or health check across the Gera network.
- GeraHome — verified home & wellbeing services near you.
Contains public sector information published by Sport England and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Sport England — Active Lives Adult Survey (Table 3 Levels Local Authority) (November 2024–November 2025, published April 2026).